Central obesity in school-aged children increases the likelihood of developing paediatric autoimmune diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidences of both paediatric obesity and autoimmune diseases have been increasing, but their relationship with one another is unclear.

Objective

To determine whether obesity or particular dietary patterns in school-aged children are potential risk factors for autoimmune diseases during adolescence.

Methods

This matched case-control study included 525 children, followed up from a median age of 11.3 to 16.7 years. Of them, 105 children received primary autoimmune diagnoses (diabetes, thyroiditis, arthritis, or inflammatory bowel diseases) after baseline and generated the case group. Four children with matching age, sex, and residential area generated the control group of 420 children. At baseline, age- and sex-specific body mass index categories were acq

SUBMITTER: Raisanen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9285017 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature