Table 1.
Basic characteristics for KD patients versus the comparison patients
|
Variable |
KD patients (n = 253) |
Comparison patients (n = 1012) |
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | p value | |
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
152 |
60.08 |
608 |
60.08 |
- |
| Female |
101 |
39.92 |
404 |
39.92 |
|
| Age (mean ± SD) |
1.61 ± 1.20 |
1.61 ± 1.20 |
- |
||
| No. physician visits |
22.42 ± 17.19 |
15.31 ± 12.82 |
< 0.001 |
||
| 0 |
10 |
3.95 |
83 |
8.20 |
< 0.001 |
| 1-8 |
50 |
19.76 |
297 |
29.35 |
|
| 9-19 |
69 |
27.27 |
324 |
32.02 |
|
| ≥ 20 |
124 |
49.01 |
308 |
30.43 |
|
| Urbanicity |
|
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
153 |
60.47 |
597 |
58.99 |
0.676 |
| Suburban |
80 |
31.63 |
339 |
33.49 |
|
| Rural |
20 |
7.90 |
76 |
7.51 |
|
| Monthly income of children’s enrollee |
|
|
|
|
|
| NT$ < 18300 |
74 |
29.25 |
322 |
31.82 |
0.189 |
| NT$ 18301-25199 |
76 |
30.04 |
340 |
33.60 |
|
| NT$ ≥ 25200 | 103 | 40.71 | 350 | 34.52 | |