Objectives.The aim of the study is to determine if there is an association between altered biomarkers and cardiovascular involvement in Latin American patients with MIS-C.Design.The researchers of this study conducted a retrospective cohort study.Setting.Secondary care maternal unit hospital in Monterrey, NL, Mexico.Participants.Any register of a Latin-American pediatric patient with MIS-C within the database from March 2019 to February 2022.Primary and secondary outcome measures.Cut, mean, odds ratio (OR), relative ratio (RR), 95% confidence interval (CI) and p values of inflammatory markers associated with cardiovascular affection in MIS-C. As a secondary outcome we measure being male as an independent risk factor.Results.None of the biomarkers and gender variables taken were significant (Table 1).Conclusions.The researchers' analysis suggests there is no evidence of cause-effect association between admission biomarkers and the presence of cardiovascular affection in MIS-C. Remarkably, neutrophilia and ESR had a high odds ratio and a nearly significant p-value, which makes them ideal for further analysis with a bigger sample. Additionally, gender was included as a risk factor and was analyzed independently, nonetheless, it was not associated with a higher risk of presenting cardiovascular affection.
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