Age-dependent association of obesity with COVID-19 severity in paediatric patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited research has addressed the obesity-COVID-19 severity association in paediatric patients.

Objective

To determine whether obesity is an independent risk factor for COVID-19 severity in paediatric patients and whether age modifies this association.

Methods

SARS-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).

Results

One hundred and fifteen of four hundred and ninety-four (23.3%) patients had obesity. Obesity was an independent risk factor for c

SUBMITTER: Guzman BV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8646488 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature