Association between maternal age and outcomes in Kawasaki disease patients

Table 1 Children’s and caregivers’ characteristics among KD children with and without CAL

	With CAL (n = 75)	Without CAL (n = 110)	P value
Children’s characteristics
Age, mean, years	1.83 ± 1.42	1.82 ± 1.55	.947
Gender, No.			.001
Male	56	56
Female	19	54
Gestational age, mean, weeks	38.37 ± 1.82	38.37 ± 2.18	.812
Prematurity, No.			.339
<37 weeks	6	14
≧37 weeks	54	77
Birth body weight, mean, grams	3128.66 ± 390.41	3023.76 ± 474.02	.146
Birth body weight, No.			.331
1500 g~ 2499 g or ≧4001 g	4	10
2500 g~ 4000 g	60	83
Delivery methods, No.			.163
Vaginal	43	52
Cesarean	20	39
Breast-feeding, mean, weeks	28.61 ± 42.88	29.04 ± 32.30	.951
Breast-feeding, No.			.776
Yes	51	70
No	13	20
Caregivers’ characteristics
Caregiver, No.			.885
Parents	65	94
Non-parents	6	8
Education Levels, No.			.390
Senior high school	33	54
University	42	53
Maternal age, mean, years	32.49 ± 3.42	31.01 ± 3.92	.016^*
Maternal age, No.			.047^*
<32 years	24	50
≧32 years	39	42
Total number of children, mean	1.79 ± 0.66	1.90 ± 0.60	.236
Total number of children, No.			.827
≦2	65	96
≧3	9	12
Family income, No.			.450
≦49999 New Taiwan dollar per month	41	54
≧50000 New Taiwan dollar per month	23	39

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