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ArticleNutrients2023

Pediatric Onset Multiple Sclerosis and Obesity: Defining the Silhouette of Disease Features in Overweight Patients.

Laura Papetti, Elena Panella, Gabriele Monte, Michela Ada Noris Ferilli, Samuela Tarantino, Martina Proietti Checchi, Massimiliano Valeriani

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Article in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura PapettiDevelopmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3336-9205
Elena PanellaChild Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Systems Medicine Department, Hospital of Rome, Tor Vergata University, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Gabriele MonteDevelopmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Michela Ada Noris FerilliDevelopmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Samuela TarantinoDevelopmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Martina Proietti ChecchiDevelopmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7312-2768
Massimiliano ValerianiDevelopmental Neurology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6602-103X
Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital · ITUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity has been suggested as an environmental risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS) and may negatively effect the progression of the disease. The aim of this study is to determine any correlation between overweight/obesity and the clinical and neuroradiological features at the onset of pediatric onset multiple sclerosis (POMS). Were included patients referred to the POMS Unit of the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital between June 2012 and June 2021. The diagnosis of MS with an onset of less than 18 years was required. For all included subjects, we considered for the analysis the following data at the onset of symptoms: general data (age, sex, functional system compromised by neurological signs, weight and height), brain and spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), cerebrospinal fluid exams. We identified 55 pediatric cases of POMS and divided them into two groups according to the body mass index (BMI): 60% were healthy weight (HW) and 40% were overweight/obese (OW/O). OW/O patients experienced a two-year age difference in disease onset compared to the HW patients (12.7 ± 3.8 years vs. 14.6 ± 4.1 years;

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Multiple SclerosisOverweightAdolescentBody Mass IndexBody WeightChildHumansObesityobesityonsetpediatric onset multiple sclerosisrisk factor

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PMID38068737
PMCPMC10707944
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