3.3 Demographic characteristics of pediatric patients
Our meta-analysis included 318 COVID-19 patients presented with the
multisystem inflammatory syndrome. Their mean age was 9.10 years (95%
CI: 8.49-9.71), while the mean BMI was 19.34 Kg/m2(95% CI: 17.86-20.82). The pooled prevalence of boys accounted for
50.5% across studies. Proportion of Black patients was 36.8% (95%CI:
26.3%-47.4%) higher than the White (16.4%, 95%CI: 10.7%-22.1%) and
Asian cohorts (13.6%, 95%CI: 4.7%-22.6%) (Table 2A).