Research Article
A Retrospective Cohort Study of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in the Acute Phase of Kawasaki Disease: The Earlier, the Better?
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of 1281 Kawasaki disease patients.
| Variables | No. (%) |
| No. of patients | 1281 | Age median (IQR), months | 12 (11-36) | Age ≤1 y, no. (%) | 717 (56.0) | Gender (male : female) | 1.75 : 1 (816 : 465) | Days of first hospital visit (d) | 6 (5-7) | Illness days of initial IVIG (d) | 6 (5-8) | Total hospital stay (d) | 3 (2-4) | IVIG-resistant KD, no. (%) | 141 (11.0) |
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Expressed as the median (interquartile range: IQR), or %. IVIG: intravenous immunoglobulin. |