Table 3

The numbers of patients with Kawasaki disease and patients with three specific cardiac sequelae due to the disease among the initial onset cases and recurrent cases, by age, males, 1991–4, Japan

AgeInitial onset caseRecurrent case
PatientsWith cardiac sequelae (%)PatientsWith cardiac sequelae (%)
Giant coronary aneurysms
 < 6 months159839  (2.4)50  (0.0)
 6–11 months250425 (1.0)271 (3.7)
 12–23 months326326 (0.8)872 (2.3)
 2–4 years429068 (1.6)1996 (3.0)
 5–9 years116430 (2.6)764 (5.3)
 ⩾10 years692 (2.9)51 (20.0)
Coronary aneurysms/dilatation
 < 6 months1598279 (17.5)50 (0.0)
 6–11 months2504323 (12.9)275 (18.5)
 12–23 months3263379 (11.6)8721 (24.1)3-160
 2–4 years4290500 (11.7)19942 (21.1)3-160
 5–9 years1164165 (14.2)7616 (21.1)
 ⩾10 years6915 (21.7)53 (60.0)
Coronary stenosis/narrowing
 < 6 months15985 (0.3)50 (0.0)
 6–11 months25046 (0.2)271 (3.7)
 12–23 months32639 (0.3)870 (0.0)
 2–4 years42906 (0.1)1993 (1.5)
 5–9 years11643 (0.3)760 (0.0)
 ⩾10 years690 (0.0)51 (20.0)
  • 3-160 p<0.01 (Fisher’s exact test).