Obesity is a risk factor for decrease in lung function after COVID-19 infection in children with asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It is not clear whether asthma, the most frequent chronic disease in childhood, is a risk for severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in the pediatric population and how SARS-CoV-2 infection affects the lung functions in these patients.

Purpose

We aimed to investigate the course and the consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection among children with asthma and determine the risk factors for the decline in lung function tests (LFTs).

Methods

In this retrospective study, asthmatic children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were compared with a random control group of asthmatic patients without COVID-19. In addition, the clinical course and the effect on LFTs of COVID-19 among children with asthma were also evaluated.

Results

One hundred eighty-nine patients who

SUBMITTER: Soyak Aytekin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9347415 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature