Effect of obesity on COVID-19 disease severity in children
The results of this study revealed that obese children show more symptoms of COVID-19 disease than normal-weight children. In addition, these children have more frequent lung involvement and therefore have more severe disease.
Authors
- Mehmet Tolga Köle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6055-7746)
- Yasemin Akın (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7618-7778)
- Ayşe Karaaslan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4289-3321)
- Yakup Çağ (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3855-7280)
- Ceren Çetin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6423-7523)
- Aslı A Çıkrıkçıoğlu
Institutions
- Dr Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
- Published
- 2024-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.19029
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39