Research Article

Kawasaki Disease Increases the Incidence of Myopia

Table 2

Cox model measured hazard ratio and 95% confidence intervals of myopia associated with Kawasaki disease and covariates.

VariablesCrudeAdjusted
HR (95% CI)HR (95% CI)

Kawasaki disease
 No1.001.00
 Yes1.32 (1.09–1.60)1.31 (1.08–1.58)
Gender
 Girl1.001.00
 Boy0.88 (0.74–1.04)0.90 (0.76–1.06)
Age, years
 <11.001.00
 1–31.67 (1.36–2.04)1.68 (1.37–2.06)
 4–62.65 (2.04–3.43)2.62 (2.02–3.40)
Urbanization
 Level 1 (highest)1.16 (0.91–1.49)1.14 (0.89–1.46)
 Level 21.22 (0.96–1.54)1.19 (0.94–1.51)
 Level 31.32 (1.03–1.71)1.35 (1.05–1.75)
 Level 4 (lowest)1.001.00

KD, Kawasaki disease; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval. Multivariable analyses including Kawasaki disease, gender, age, and urbanization. , , and .