Research Article

Sonographic Gallbladder Abnormality Is Associated with Intravenous Immunoglobulin Resistance in Kawasaki Disease

Table 1

Characteristic of gallbladder abnormalities (GBAs) and non-GBA in Kawasaki disease patients.

Group A (non-GBA, 𝑁 = 6 1 )Group B (GBA, 𝑁 = 1 6 )P value

Age (m/o) 2 0 . 4 ± 1 8 . 9 2 8 . 7 ± 1 6 . 8 0.116
Male gender (%)41 (67%)12 (75%)0.549
Admission days 7 . 7 5 ± 3 . 9 1 6 . 8 3 ± 3 . 2 3 0.295
IVIG resistance (%)7 (11)6 (38)0.023*
CAL (%)20 (33)6 (38)0.771

CAL: coronary artery lesion; IVIG: intravenous immunoglobulin. * 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 .