Childhood overweight or obesity increases the risk of IIH recurrence fivefold.
Int J Obes (Lond)
; 38(11): 1475-7, 2014 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-24638200
ABSTRACT
Overweight and obesity are less closely associated with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) in young children than in post-pubescent children and adults. We examined the hypothesis that being overweight or obese (body mass index (BMI) ⩾ 85th percentile) in children is a risk factor for IIH recurrence. A total of 43 children with IIH who were followed up for an average of 9 ± 3.4 years were evaluated in a retrospective case-control series. The rate of IIH recurrence was compared between children of healthy weight and children presenting with overweight or obesity, using survival curve analysis. The overall risk for long-term IIH recurrence in children is ~20%. Following weight stratification, the risk for IIH recurrence in our cohort was fivefold higher in children with a BMI ⩾ 85th percentile (57%) than in healthy weight children (11%; log-rank test P = 0.04). Pediatricians may consider counseling families that weight control may be a means of decreasing the risk of IIH recurrence.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pseudotumor Cerebral
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Cegueira
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Obesidade Infantil
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article