Body Mass Index and Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children and Young Adults
In this cohort study, elevated BMI was associated with a significantly increased PASC risk in a dose-dependent manner, highlighting the need for targeted care to prevent chronic conditions in at-risk children and young adults.
Authors
- Srinivasan Suresh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1717-7593)
- Haitao Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0932-598X)
- Chongliang Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3682-9454)
- Carol Geary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1143-7147)
- Dazheng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1431-0785)
- Hanieh Razzaghi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5001-1590)
- Yacob G. Tedla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1403-547X)
- Vitaly Lorman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0561-6587)
- Ravi R. Jhaveri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9921-0419)
- Christopher R. Forrest (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2934-9690)
- David A. Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5052-4895)
- Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8956-1466)
- Hiroki Morizono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9678-5564)
- Leonor Corsino
- Lu Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2891-6067)
- David Liebovitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2518-5940)
- Yiwen Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4921-7406)
- Nymisha Chilukuri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7251-7434)
- Mady Hornig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7572-3092)
- Suchitra Rao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0334-6301)
- Nathan M. Pajor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1637-4942)
- Michael J. Becich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5998-8074)
- Ting Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8783-8380)
- Saul Blecker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4460-1046)
- Caren Mangarelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1086-6820)
- Leah Vance Utset
- Yong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0835-0788)
- Bingyu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7176-249X)
- Susan Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2159-8059)
- Youfa Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7698-039X)
- Jiajie Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7402-6883)
- Qiong Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5747-1899)
- Margot Gage Witvliet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3913-8384)
- Elizabeth A. Chrischilles
- Maxwell M. Hornig-Rohan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0985-0225)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Iowa (US)
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Children's National (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Lamar University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Pfizer (United States) (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (US)
- Applied Mathematics (United States) (US)
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Pennsylvania Health System (US)
- Statistical Research (United States) (US)
- New York University (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
- University of Missouri (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.41970
- Citations
- 16
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.91