RESULTS
The mean age of the patients in Group 1 was 12.27±4.835 years, while 15 (46.8%) were male, and 17 (54.2%) were female. The mean age of the patients in Group 2 was 12.22±4.818 years, while 11 (36.6%) were male, and 19 (63.4%) were female. There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of their age and sex distributions (p>0.05). None of the patients in Groups 1 and 2 had a history of comorbidity or medication use.The CT findings of 18 (56.25%) of the patients in Group 1 were assessed to be normal. Noticeable pulmonary involvement was present in 14 patients. Among the patients who had pulmonary involvement, 8 (25%) had moderate pneumonia characterized by ground-glass patterns, while 6 (18.75%) had severe pneumonia indicated by consolidation and linear opacities. The right pulmonary artery, left pulmonary artery and inferior vena cava diameters of Group 1 were significantly larger than those in Group 2 (respectively,p=0.031, p=0.008 and p=0.013), whereas the differences between the mainpulmonaryartery and ascending aorta diameters of the two groups were not significant (p>0.05)(Table-1).In the examination of the whole blood parameters of the groups, the leukocyte counts (WBC) of Group 2 were significantly higher than those of Group 1 (p=0.002), while there was no significant difference in the other parameters (p>0.05)(Table-2). In the comparison of the biochemical parameters of the groups, while the ALT value in Group 1 was significantly higher (p<0.05), the other parameters did not differ significantly between the two groups (p>0.05) (Table-3).