Body Mass Index Trajectory in Children With Kawasaki Disease.

Laird-Gion, Jessica; Gauvreau, Kimberlee; Baker, Annette L; Giorgio, Thomas; Newburger, Jane W; Crafts, Lauren S; Dionne, Audrey; Son, Mary Beth F et al. · J Pediatr · 2025

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

Acquired cardiovascular risk is a concern for children with Kawasaki disease, which might influence obesity. Patients with Kawasaki disease in a single-instruction, retrospective cohort exhibited only a minimal increase in BMI z score in the first 6 weeks after diagnosis that resolved at 1 year. Neither corticosteroid treatment nor the presence of coronary artery aneurysms had adverse impacts on the BMI z score trajectory.

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