From:  Coronary external diameter index for assessing coronary artery involvement in Kawasaki disease

Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of patients with KD at admission and controls

Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics

KD patients

(n = 34)

Control subjects

(n = 210)

P-value
Age (months)23 ± 1320 ± 140.15
Height (cm)84 ± 1481 ± 160.28
Weight (kg)11 ± 311 ± 40.63
BSA0.51 ± 0.100.49 ± 0.130.44
Aortic annulus diameter (mm)11.8 ± 1.510.7 ± 1.70.001
LM lumen diameter (mm)2.3 ± 0.71.6 ± 0.3< 0.0001
LM lumen Z-score0.5 ± 0.30.2 ± 0.1< 0.0001
LM lumen Z-score ≥ 24 (12%)0< 0.0001
LM CED (mm)6.3 ± 1.13.6 ± 0.6< 0.0001
LM CED Z-score4.1 ± 1.20.01 ± 1< 0.0001
LM CAT (mm)3.9 ± 0.91.9 ± 0.5< 0.0001
LM CEDi0.5 ± 0.10.3 ± 0.1< 0.0001
RCA lumen diameter (mm)2.0 ± 0.51.6 ± 0.3< 0.0001
RCA lumen Z-score0.4 ± 0.20.2 ± 0.1< 0.0001
RCA lumen Z-score ≥ 23 (9%)0< 0.0001
RCA CED (mm)5.7 ± 1.13.3 ± 0.6< 0.0001
RCA CED Z-score4.1 ± 1.20.01 ± 0.9< 0.0001
RCA CAT (mm)3.7 ± 1.01.7 ± 0.4< 0.0001
RCA CEDi0.4 ± 0.10.3 ± 0.1< 0.0001