Pediatric patients diagnosed as overweight and obese have an elevated risk of dyspnea.
Respir Physiol Neurobiol
; 323: 104230, 2024 May.
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ABSTRACT
We investigated whether pediatric patients with overweight and obesity are more likely to have dyspnea compared with those who are non-overweight. We collected de-identified data from TriNetX, a global federated multicenter research database, using both the UT Southwestern Medical Center and multinational Research Networks. Our analysis focused on patients aged 8-12 years. We identified overweight and obesity using ICD-10-CM codes E66 and dyspnea using code R06.0. Patients with overweight and obesity had a significantly higher risk of dyspnea compared with those who were non-overweight. This association was observed in both the UT Southwestern Network (risk ratio 1.81, p < 0.001) and the Research Network (risk ratio 2.70, p < 0.001). Furthermore, within the UT Southwestern Network, the risk was found to be higher in females compared with males (risk ratio 2.17 vs. 1.67). These results have significant clinical implications, suggesting that clinicians should consider overweight and obesity as independent risk factors for dyspnea in pediatric patients after excluding other possible contributing factors.
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Sobrepeso
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Obesidad
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Respir Physiol Neurobiol
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2024
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Article
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Estados Unidos