Research Article

Population-Based Study of the Association between Urbanization and Kawasaki Disease in Taiwan

Table 1

Demographic characteristics for selected KD patients, stratified by presence/absence of Kawasaki disease from 1997 to 2010 ( ).

  Patients with Kawasaki disease ( ) Patients without Kawasaki disease ( ) value 
  % %

Gender1
 Male6657.466057.4
 Female4942.649042.6
Age (years)1
 0–28674.886074.8
 3–52320.023020.0
 6–865.2605.2