Research Article

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.

VariablesKawasaki diseaseCompared to no KD group
NoYesCrudeAdjusted
Event numberPerson-yearIREvent numberPerson-yearIRHR (95% CI)HR (95% CI)

Overall42512730.3033.381373132.1943.741.32 (1.09–1.60)1.31 (1.08–1.58)
Gender
 Girl1584553.4334.70581093.0653.061.56 (1.15–2.11)1.54 (1.14–2.08)
 Boy2678176.8732.65792039.1338.741.19 (0.92–1.52)1.17 (0.91–1.50)
Age, years
 <1994310.8122.97301062.0328.251.25 (0.83–1.87)1.27 (0.84–1.91)
 1–32427025.9334.44881703.9451.641.52 (1.19–1.94)1.50 (1.17–1.91)
 4–6841393.5660.2819366.2251.880.87 (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 .