Outcomes and risk factors of death among hospitalized children and adolescents with obesity and COVID-19 in Brazil: An analysis of a nationwide database.
Ana Cristina Simões E SilvaMariana A VasconcelosEnrico A ColosimoAna Carmen Q MendonçaHercílio Martelli-JúniorLudmila R SilvaMaria Christina L OliveiraClara C PinhatiRobert H MakMaria Christina L OliveiraPublished in: Pediatric obesity (2022)
Children and adolescents with obesity had higher risk of death compared with those without obesity. The higher risk of death was associated with female gender, low oxygen saturation at admission, and presence of other comorbidities.