Kawasaki Disease Increases the Incidence of Myopia
Table 3
Incidence density rates and hazard ratios for myopia according to Kawasaki disease status stratified by demographic factors.
Variables
Kawasaki disease
Compared to no KD group
No
Yes
Crude
Adjusted
Event number
Person-year
IR
Event number
Person-year
IR
HR (95% CI)
HR (95% CI)
Overall
425
12730.30
33.38
137
3132.19
43.74
1.32 (1.09–1.60)
1.31 (1.08–1.58)
Gender
Girl
158
4553.43
34.70
58
1093.06
53.06
1.56 (1.15–2.11)
1.54 (1.14–2.08)
Boy
267
8176.87
32.65
79
2039.13
38.74
1.19 (0.92–1.52)
1.17 (0.91–1.50)
Age, years
<1
99
4310.81
22.97
30
1062.03
28.25
1.25 (0.83–1.87)
1.27 (0.84–1.91)
1–3
242
7025.93
34.44
88
1703.94
51.64
1.52 (1.19–1.94)
1.50 (1.17–1.91)
4–6
84
1393.56
60.28
19
366.22
51.88
0.87 (0.53–1.44)
0.87 (0.53–1.44)
KD, Kawasaki disease; IR, incidence density rates, per 1,000 person-years; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval. Adjusted HR: mutually adjusted for age, gender, and urbanization in Cox proportional hazards regression. and .