Table 2: Demographic and laboratory data of children with MIS-C in PICU and non-PICU.

 

Non-PICU(N:36)

PICU (N:32)

p-value

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)

Gender

 Male (n, %)

 

21 (58.3)

 

15 (46.9)

 

0.345

 

Age, Months, (median ± SD)

83.5 ± 59

127 ± 50

0.002

 

Obesity (n, %)

4 (11.4)

1 (3.1)

0.196

 

BMI-SDS (median, IQR kg/m2)

-0.6 (2.5)

-0.43 (2)

0.781

 

WBC (mean ± SD, /mm3)

11219 ± 5970

11239 ± 6956

0.990

 

Hb (mean ± SD, gr/dL)

11.1 ± 1.3

10.9 ± 1.5

0.665

 

ANC (mean ± SD, /mm3)

8063 ± 4023

9695 ± 6825

0.265

 

ALC (mean ± SD, /mm3)

2217 ± 1546

1005 ± 784

< 0.001

 

Monocyte count (mean ± SD, /mm3)

741 ± 583

409 ± 390

0.007

 

Platelet (mean ± SD, /mm3)

238194 ± 12897

170593 ± 81308

0.013

 

CRP (mean ± SD, mg/L)

159 ± 81

187 ± 67

0.137

 

ESR (mean ± SD, mm/h)

56.9 ± 31.3

63.9 ± 35.9

0.399

 

Ferritin (median, IQR, µg/L)

293 (8433)

524 (678)

0.057

 

Albumin (mean ± SD, mg/dL)

3.7 ± 0.6

3.1 ± 0.6

<0.001

 

NT-pro BNP (median ± IQR, ng/L)

1314 (3968)

3365 (9119)

0.006

 

Troponin T (median, IQR, ng/L)

13 (0.75)

13 (20)

0.111

 

D-Dimer (mean ± SD, µg/L FEU)

3368 ± 2988

3934 ± 3261

0.458

 

Cholesterol (mean ± SD, mg/dL)

127 ± 36.5

124 ± 38

0.787

 

Hypercholesterolemia (n,%)

0 (0)

2 (6.3)

0.231

 

Triglyceride (mean ± SD, mg/dL)

176 ± 59

186 ± 114

0.679

 

Hypertriglyceridemia (n,%)

8 (23.5)

2 (6.3)

0.084

 

HDL- C (median, IQR, mg/dL)

21.5 ± 21.4

28 ± 27

0.292

 

Low HDL-C (n, %)

31 (91.2)

26 (81.3)

0.240

 

LDL- C (mean ± SD, mg/dL)

73 ± 35

61± 33

0.176

 

High LDL-C (n, %)

3 (9.4)

2 (6.3)

1

 

Insulin (mean ± SD, mU/L)

20.2 ± 21

24.6 ± 16.5

0.360

 

Glucose (mean ± SD, mg/dL)

90.6 ± 19

96.9 ± 29.9

0.316

 

HOMA-IR (mean ± SD)

5.01 ± 5.8

6 ± 4.5

0.434

 

Insulin Resistance (n,%)

15 (45.5)

23 (76.7)

0.011

3.943 (1.327-11.712)

TyG index (mean ± SD)

4.8 ± 0.21

4.8 ± 0.35

0.961

 

High Tyg index (n,%)

32 (94.1)

26 (81.3)

0.109

 

Ejection fraction (mean ± SD)

62.8 ± 6

54.6 ± 9.3

< 0.001

 

Ejection Fraction < 55% (n,%)

0 (0)

8 (25)

0.001

2.5 (1.834-3.408)

Coronary artery involvement (n,%)

6 (16.7)

8 (25)

0.396

 

Unresponsive to IVIG Therapy (n,%)

11 (30.6)

27 (84.4)

< 0.001

0.081 (0.025-0.268)

The total length of hospital stay, days, mean ± SD

8.8 ± 4.4

12.9 ± 5.3

0.001

 

MIS-C: A Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children; SD: Standard Deviation; BMI: Body Mass Index; WBC: White Blood Count; HB: Hemoglobin; ANC: Absolute Neutrophil Count; ALC: Absolute Lymphocyte Count; ESR: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate; NT-Pro BNP: N- Terminal Pro- Brain Natriuretic Peptide; HDL-C: High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; HOMA-IR: Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance; TYG Index: Triglyceride-Glucose Index; IVIG: Intravenous Immunoglobulin; PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit