ArticlePediatric obesity2022
Age-dependent association of obesity with COVID-19 severity in paediatric patients.
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- Epidemiology and clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents in the pre-Omicron era: A global systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2024Pooled it
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- COVID-19 infection and body weight: A deleterious liaison in a J-curve relationship.Obesity research & clinical practicePooled it
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- Frequency of respiratory virus-associated infection among children and adolescents from a tertiary-care hospital in Mexico City.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Characteristics of pediatric COVID-19 infections and the impact of influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations during the first two years of the pandemic.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Risk factors for severe COVID-19 in hospitalized children in Canada: A national prospective study from March 2020-May 2021.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2022Article
- Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Mexican Children and Adolescents.Viruses · 2022Article
- Outcomes and risk factors of death among hospitalized children and adolescents with obesity and COVID-19 in Brazil: An analysis of a nationwide database.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
- Risk factors for severe PCR-positive SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalised children.BMJ paediatrics open · 2022Article
- Clinical Factors Associated with COVID-19 Severity in Chronic Hospitalized Infants and Toddlers: Data from a Center in the West Part of Romania.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Age-dependent association of obesity with COVID-19 severity in paediatric patients.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
- The COVid-19 pandemic through the eyes of pediatric nurses: A qualitative study.Journal of pediatric nursingArticle
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backgroundLimited research has addressed the obesity-COVID-19 severity association in paediatric patients.
objectiveTo determine whether obesity is an independent risk factor for COVID-19 severity in paediatric patients and whether age modifies this association.
methodsSARS-CoV-2-positive patients at NYU Langone Health from 1 March 2020 to 3 January 2021 aged 0-21 years with available anthropometric measurements: weight, length/height and/or body mass index (BMI). Modified log-Poisson models were utilized for the analysis. Main outcomes were 1) hospitalization and 2) critical illness (intensive care unit [ICU] admission).
resultsOne hundred and fifteen of four hundred and ninety-four (23.3%) patients had obesity. Obesity was an independent risk factor for critical illness (adjusted risk ratio [ARR] 2.02, 95% CI 1.17 to 3.48). This association was modified by age, with obesity related to a greater risk for critical illness in adolescents (13-21 years) [ARR 3.09, 95% CI 1.48 to 6.47], but not in children (0-12 years). Obesity was not an independent risk factor for hospitalization for any age.
conclusionObesity was an independent risk factor for critical illness in paediatric patients, and this association was modified by age, with obesity related to a greater risk for critical illness in adolescents, but not in children. These findings are crucial for patient risk stratification and care.
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