Outcomes and risk factors of death among hospitalized children and adolescents with obesity and COVID-19 in Brazil: An analysis of a nationwide database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is a well-recognized risk factor for critical illness and death among adult patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Objective

This study aimed to characterize the clinical outcomes and risk factors of death related to obesity in a cohort of hospitalized paediatric patients with COVID-19.

Methods

We performed an analysis of all paediatric patients with obesity and COVID-19 registered in SIVEP-Gripe, a Brazilian nationwide surveillance database, between February 2020 and May 2021. The primary outcome was time to death, which was evaluated by using cumulative incidence function.

Results

Among 21 591 hospitalized paediatric patients with COVID-19, 477 cases (2.2%) had obesity. Of them, 71 (14.9%) had a fatal outcome as compared with 7.5% for patients

SUBMITTER: Simoes E Silva AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9111581 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature