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Table 2 Biochemical characteristics of the enrolled patients, according to the degree of compromised myocardial function

From: Cardiac dysfunction in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: An Italian single-center study

Laboratory variable

All

Group A (n = 10)

Group B (n = 22)

p

White blood cells (n°/mm3)

9350 (6620–13,740)

13.740 (11.073–17.555)

7.130 (6.260–9.390)

0.001

Neutrophil (n°/mm3)

8050 (5240–11,770)

12.150 (9.470–14.630)

5.600 (4.875–8.235)

0.001

Lymphocytes (n°/mm3)

840 (650–1110)

1.005 (720–1.620)

750 (595–995)

ns

Platelets (n°/mm3)

165,000 (112750–219,500)

185.500 (163.000–230.000)

144.500 (102.000–191.000)

ns

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

10.8 (10.23–11.95)

10.6 (10–12)

11 (10–12)

ns

Ferritin (μg/L)

875 (389.25–1498.5)

788 (374–1.924)

1.007 (419–1.470)

ns

C-reactive protein (mg/L)

200.8 (119.48–279.3)

283 (261–308)

178 (92–241)

0.008

Troponin T (ng/L)

37 (14–74)

72 (40–243)

22 (8–49)

0.01

NT-proB-type Natriuretic Peptide (ng/L)

10,194.5 (1562–15,441.3)

14.825 (11.340–17.810)

5.921 (1.114–11.243)

0.01

D-Dimer (μg/L)

2777 (2126–5418)

2.855 (2.195–4.996)

2.756 (2.146–5019)

ns

Iinterleukin-6 (ng/L)

159 (97–405)

253 (156–579)

110 (96–155)

ns