Research Article

Kawasaki Disease Increases the Incidence of Myopia

Table 4

Incidence density rates and hazard ratios for myopia risk stratified by the severity of Kawasaki disease.

Average frequency for medical visit, per yearsEvent numberPerson-yearsIRAdjusted
HR (95% CI)

No KD cohort212842512730.3033.381.00
KD cohort
 ≤1242501545.0832.360.90 (0.67–1.20)
 2-316339976.2939.951.26 (0.91–1.75)
 ≥412748610.8278.852.66 (1.97–3.59)
for trend<0.001

KD, Kawasaki disease; IR, incidence density rates, per 1,000 person-years; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval. Adjusted HR: adjusted for age, gender, and urbanization in Cox proportional hazards regression. .