Post-Acute Dyslipidemia and Abnormal Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents with COVID-19: A Cohort Study from the RECOVER Initiative
Children and adolescents with documented COVID-19 infection were associated with an increased risk of new-onset dyslipidemia and abnormal BMI during the postacute phase, highlighting the need for metabolic monitoring after infection.
Authors
- Amrik Singh Khalsa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4609-5194)
- Wenke Hwang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8116-807X)
- Yacob G. Tedla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1403-547X)
- Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8956-1466)
- L. Charles Bailey
- S. Sengupta
- Sharon J. Herring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6136-521X)
- D. Zhang
- Michael J. Becich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5998-8074)
- Caren Mangarelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1086-6820)
- Jiajie Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7402-6883)
- Xia Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4327-3415)
- Ravi Jhaveri
- Saul Blecker
- David M. Liebovtiz
- Bingyu Zhang
- Suchitra Rao
- Daniel Fort
- Ting Zhou
- Dimitri A. Christakis
- Yuqing Lei
- Susan Kim
- Yong Chen
- Qiong Wu
- Christopher B. Forrest
- Lu Li
Institutions
- University of the Sciences (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Ochsner Health System (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Missouri Health System (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Children's Hospital Colorado (US)
- Center for Practical Bioethics (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Penn Center for AIDS Research (US)
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (US)
- New York University (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Pediatrics
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2026.114996
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 32.78
Funders
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Northwestern University
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Children's Hospital Colorado
- University of Pittsburgh
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- National Institutes of Health