Research Article

The IL-1B Gene Polymorphisms rs16944 and rs1143627 Contribute to an Increased Risk of Coronary Artery Lesions in Southern Chinese Children with Kawasaki Disease

Table 1

Frequency distribution of selected variables for cases and controls.

VariablesCases ()Controls ()a
No.%No.%

Age range, month1.00-166.01.00-1440.147
 ≤1225134.9153438.12
 12-6041457.5874253.96
 >60547.511258.92
Gender0.546
 Female23132.1347033.55
 Male48867.8793166.45
Coronary artery outcomes
 CALs31243.39
 NCALs40756.61

CALs: coronary artery lesions; NCALs: no coronary artery lesions. aTwo-sided test for distributions between cases and controls.