TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Obese children experience more extremity fractures than nonobese children and are significantly more likely to die from traumatic injuries JO - Acta paediatrica A1 - Kim, Seung-Ju A1 - Ahn, Joonghyun A1 - Kim, Hyung Kook A1 - Kim, Jong Hun SP - 1152 EP - 1157 VL - 105 IS - 10 N2 - UNLABELLED: Two of the most prevalent problems children facing worldwide are injuries and obesity. We conducted a systematic review of published studies that evaluated the effects of obesity on children with traumatic injuries. Six studies published between 2006 and 2014 were identified, comprising a total of 4594 children: 867 were obese and 3727 were not. Obese children were 25% more likely to have extremity fractures than nonobese children (p = 0.003), and their mortality rate was significantly higher at 4.7% versus 2.8% (p = 0.026).

CONCLUSION: Our review showed that obese children were more likely to have extremity fractures and die of traumatic injuries than nonobese children.

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LA - en SN - 0803-5253 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apa.13343 ID - ref1 ER -