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Obese children experience more extremity fractures than nonobese children and are significantly more likely to die from traumatic injuries
Author(s) -
Kim SeungJu,
Ahn Joonghyun,
Kim Hyung Kook,
Kim Jong Hun
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/apa.13343
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , pediatrics , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , poison control , physical therapy , surgery , emergency medicine , pathology
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.