title: Case-control study of giant coronary aneurysms due to Kawasaki disease: the 19th nationwide survey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The risk factors for recently reported cases of giant coronary aneurysms due to Kawasaki disease have not been elaborated.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-three patients with giant coronary aneurysms, diagnosed as Kawasaki disease in 2005 and 2006, were selected from the 19th nationwide survey of the disease in Japan. With all the other patients recorded at the same hospitals as a control group, OR and their 95%CI were calculated to delineate the risk factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In multivariate analyses, patients aged younger than 1 year (OR compared with 1-2-year-olds = 6.57) and those older than 5 years (OR compared with 1-2-year-olds = 4.24), those who received additional intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) without the use of steroid (OR = 8.38) and those who received steroid administration with or without the additional use of IVIG (OR = 220.51 and 83.83, respectively), showed significantly higher OR for giant coronary aneurysms. As for IVIG therapy, the additional use of IVIG (OR = 14.84), total dosage of IVIG exceeding 2500 mg/kg (OR compared with 1500-2499 mg/kg = 12.26) and the duration of IVIG administration for more than 3 days (OR = 30.12), were found to significantly increase the risk of developing giant aneurysms in univariate analyses that were adjusted for sex and age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The observation of 53 patients with giant coronary aneurysms due to Kawasaki disease among those included in the nationwide survey presented some risk factors, together with considerations about the associated aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: Yoshiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Monobe
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yashiro
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadakane
authors.forename: Ritei
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: Yosikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011379:Prognosis; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous