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Impact of Body Weight on the Immediate Health of the Pediatric Population

NCT ID: NCT00267631

Last Updated: 2013-08-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

5392 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-04-30

Study Completion Date

2007-03-31

Brief Summary

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Objective: Obesity amongst children is a public health issue in the United States and is rising at an alarming rate. The purpose of this study is to determine if there is any correlation between At Risk body weight (overweight and obese) and immediate health of the pediatric population.

Methodology: As part of routine patient care, we measured length in addition to weight of patients 2 years to 18 years of age presenting to the pediatric emergency department. A report was run monthly to calculate the BMI of all patients for whom data is available. The data were plotted on the year 2000 gender based BMI for age percentile growth charts from CDC. A retrospective electronic chart review was conducted for patients At Risk body weight (BMI ≥ 85%), and were compared to "control" or healthy (BMI of 25 - 75 %) group for six groups of final ED diagnoses of infectious diseases.

Detailed Description

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A. Background and Significance:

Obesity is a public health issue in the United States. Obesity amongst children is rising at an alarming rate. Thirty percent of US children aged 6 to 19 are over weight and 15 % are obese1. It is estimated that over 18 million US children are over weight. The long-term impact of childhood obesity on such diseases as Diabetes, Asthmaand Hypertension, is well studied. The effects of childhood obesity on the current health status of the pediatric population have not been studied.

B. Methodology:

As part of routine patient care, we measured length in addition to weight of patients 2 years to 18 years of age presenting to the pediatric emergency department. A report was run monthly to calculate the BMI of all patients for whom data is available. The data were plotted on the year 2000 gender based BMI for age percentile growth charts from CDC. A retrospective electronic chart review was conducted for patients At Risk body weight (BMI ≥ 85%), and were compared to "control" or healthy (BMI of 25 - 75 %) group for six groups of final ED diagnoses of infectious disease (ID). Data were entered and analyzed via SPSS 14.0 for Windows 2000 software systems.

Conditions

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Childhood Obesity

Keywords

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children, obesity, emergency medicine

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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At Risk Body Weight

Children with a BMI greater and equal to 85%

No interventions assigned to this group

Normal Body Weight

Children with a BMI of 25 to 75%

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Minimum Eligible Age

2 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Antonios Likourezos

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Antonios Likourezos

Research Manager

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Estevan Garcia, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Maimonides Medical Center

Locations

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Maimonides Medical Center

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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05-02-VA10

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id