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.
©2016 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0803-5253 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apa.13343 ID - ref1 ER -