Study of the relationship between occurrence of Kawasaki disease and air pollution in Chengdu by parametric and semi-parametric models
Feifei Si,
Chifeng Zhou,
Yanfeng Yang
et al.
Abstract:Kawasaki disease (KD) is a pediatric vasculitis of unknown etiology which mainly associates the development of coronary artery aneurysms. The etiology of KD seems to be multifactorial, but rare research on the association between KD and potential environmental risk factors. So, we would like to examine the correlation between KD and potential environmental risk factors in west China. We included KD patients in Chengdu from 2015 to 2021, and analyzed the correlation with air pollution indexes and climate condit… Show more
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