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).