Dose-dependent relationships between weight status and clinical outcomes among infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus infections.

Yusuke OkuboNaho MorisakiNobuaki MichihataHiroki MatsuiKiyohide FushimiHideo Yasunaga

Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2018)

These findings demonstrate that abnormal weight status is an independent risk factor for greater illness severity among infants hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus infections.

Keyphrases

respiratory syncytial virus
body mass index
weight loss
physical activity
weight gain
body weight