Increased Risk of Atopic Dermatitis in Preschool Children with Kawasaki Disease: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study groups, stratified by the presence or absence of Kawasaki disease between 1999 and 2003 (𝑛=1440).

	Patients with Kawasaki disease (𝑛=360)		Patients without Kawasaki disease (𝑛=1080)		𝑃 value
	𝑛	Percentage	𝑛	Percentage
Gender					1
Male	194	53.9	582	53.9
Female	166	46.1	498	46.1
Age (years)					1
0	59	16.4	177	16.4
1	121	33.6	361	33.4
2	67	18.6	203	18.8
3	38	10.6	113	10.5
4	37	10.3	112	10.4
5	20	5.6	62	5.7
6	18	5.0	52	4.8
Urbanization level					0.03
1 (most urbanized)	111	30.8	257	23.8
2	128	35.6	384	35.6
3	51	14.2	197	18.2
4 (least urbanized)	70	19.4	242	22.4
Geographic region					0.41
Northern	192	53.3	526	48.7
Central	96	26.7	304	28.1
Southern	64	17.8	216	20.0
Eastern	8	2.2	34	3.1
COPD					<0.001
Yes	212	58.9	503	46.6
No	148	41.1	577	53.4
Hyperlipidemia					0.01
Yes	6	1.7	4	0.4
No	354	98.3	1076	99.6
Asthma					<0.001
Yes	177	49.2	405	37.5
No	183	50.8	675	62.5
Allergic rhinitis					<0.001
Yes	243	67.5	612	56.7
No	117	32.5	468	43.3
Heart disease					<0.001
Yes	53	14.7	29	2.7
No	307	85.3	1051	97.3