Research Article

The Relationship between Retinol-Binding Protein 4 and Markers of Inflammation and Thrombogenesis in Children with Kawasaki Disease

Table 1

Basic characteristics of all KD patients.

KD-NCALsKD-CALs
2438

Age (years)0.147
Gender (male/female)16/826/120.886
Time point of IVIG (days)0.905
WBC (103/μL)0.558
Plt (103/μL)0.010
Hb (g/L)0.008
N% (%)0.066
L% (%)0.149
MPV (fL)0.003
PDW (fL)0.826
CRP (mg/dL)40 (32-75)45 (24-60)0.408
ESR (mm/hour)61 (47-84)70 (58-84)0.317
Pct (ng/mL)0.4 (0.2-0.8)0.5 (0.2-1.1)0.895
AST (U/L)26 (22-38)26 (21-33)0.778
ALT (U/L)22 (16-43)23 (15-57)0.515
NLR (103/μL/103/μL)2.1 (1.6-3.6)1.6 (0.7-10.2)0.120
PLR (103/μL/103/μL)0.841
CK-MB (U/L)0.703
PT (s)0.688
APTT (s)0.321
Fbg (g/L)0.814
TT (s)0.048
DD (mg/L)0.867
RBP4 (mg/L)0.020
BMI (kg/m2)0.358

Abbreviations: IVIG: immunoglobulin intravenous; WBC: white blood cell counts; Plt: platelet counts; Hb: hemoglobin; N%: percentage of neutrophils; L%: percentage of leukomonocytes; MPV: mean platelet volume; PDW: platelet distribution width; CRP: C-reactive protein; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Pct: procalcitonin; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; CK-MB: creatine kinase-MB; PT: prothrombin time; APTT: activated partial thromboplastin time; Fbg: fibrinogen; TT: thrombin time; DD: D-dimer; NLR: neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; PLR: platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; BMI: body mass index. ; values represent and median (interquartile range).