Usefulness of Age-Stratified N-Terminal Prohormone of Brain Natriuretic Peptide for Diagnosing Kawasaki Disease

Table 4

Diagnostic cutoff values of N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in patients with complete, incomplete, and total (complete and incomplete) Kawasaki Disease (KD) compared to patients with simple febrile illness.

	Cutoff value of NT-proBNP(pg/mL)	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)
Complete KD
<6 months	821	71.4	75.0
6–12 months	315	85.0	81.8
12–24 months	330	74.4	75.0
>24 months	255	73.1	77.4
All ages	326	73.8	74.2
Incomplete KD
<6 months	762	76.0	75.0
6–12 months	310	72.7	81.8
12–24 months	326	81.0	75.0
>24 months	137	70.5	54.5
All ages	261	68.8	67.2
Total KD
<6 months	762	73.9	75.0
6–12 months	310	78.6	81.8
12–24 months	326	76.7	75.0
>24 months	208	70.8	69.7
All ages	289	71.7	71.9