Predictors of laboratory-positive COVID-19 in children and teenagers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study was to identify factors predicting laboratory-positive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in pediatric patients with acute respiratory symptoms.

Study design

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of a prospective cohort study.

Methods

Data from 1849 individuals were analyzed. COVID-19 was confirmed (reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction) in 15.9% of patients, and factors predicting a positive test result were evaluated through prevalence odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.

Results

Increasing age, personal history of obesity, and household contact with a case were found to be associated, in the multiple regression model, with increased odds of a positive test result. Young patients residing in areas

SUBMITTER: Murillo-Zamora E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7584439 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature