Total n=33 SCG n= 17 MCG n=16
P-Value
Male n (%) Female n (%) 15 (45.45) 18 (54.54) 9 (53) 8 (47) 6 (37.5) 10 (62.5)
0.373
Jewish n (%) Bedouin n (%) 23 (69.7) 10 (30.3) 11 (64.7%) 6 (35.3%) 12 (75) 4 (25)
0.52
Age at hospitalization (mean ± SD) 2.63 (± 3.05) 2.25 (± 2.83) 3.04 (± 3.31) 0.469
Hospitalization length (days, mean ± SD)
9.9 (± 5.46)
7.52 (± 2.57)
12.43 (± 6.6)
0.008
Fever at admission (C°, mean ± SD) 38.30 (± 1.22) 38.12 (± 1.1) 38.5 (± 1.35) 0.386
WBC at admission (cells/mm3, mean ± SD) 18,203 (±7,677) 19,782 (± 7,101) 16,524 (± 8,130) 0.229
CRP at admission (mg/dl, mean ± SD) 126.72 (±95.15) 124.25 (±102.9) 129.19 (±93.17) 0.891
Anticoagulation therapy n (%) 6 (18.2%) 0 6/16 (37.5) 0.007