{"id":9958,"date":"2016-09-29T06:43:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T06:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=9958"},"modified":"2016-09-29T06:43:05","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T06:43:05","slug":"obesity-in-adolescents-with-cfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/obesity-in-adolescents-with-cfs\/","title":{"rendered":"Obesity in adolescents with CFS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research abstract:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Objective:<\/strong>
\nIdentify the prevalence of obesity in patients with chronic fatigue\u00a0syndrome (CFS) compared with healthy adolescents, and those identified\u00a0with CFS in a population cohort.<\/p>\n

Design:<\/strong>
\nCross-sectional analysis of multiple imputed data.<\/p>\n

Setting:<\/strong>
\nData from UK paediatric CFS\/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS\/ME) services\u00a0compared with data collected at two time points in the Avon Longitudinal\u00a0Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).<\/p>\n

Patients:<\/strong>
\n1685 adolescents who attended a CFS\/ME specialist service between 2004\u00a0and 2014 and 13 978 adolescents aged approximately 13 years and 16 years\u00a0participating in the ALSPAC study.<\/p>\n

Main outcome measures:<\/strong>
\nBody mass index (BMI) (kg\/m2), sex-specific and age-specific BMI\u00a0Z-scores (relative to the International Obesity Task Force cut-offs) and\u00a0prevalence of obesity (%).<\/p>\n

Results:<\/strong>
\nAdolescents who had attended specialist CFS\/ME services had a higher\u00a0prevalence of obesity (age 13 years: 9.28%; age 16 years: 16.43%)\u00a0compared with both adolescents classified as CFS\/ME in ALSPAC (age 13\u00a0years: 3.72%; age 16 years: 5.46%) and those non-CFS in ALSPAC (age 13\u00a0years: 4.18%; age 16 years: 4.46%). The increased odds of obesity in\u00a0those who attended specialist services (relative to non-CFS in ALSPAC)\u00a0was apparent at both 13 years (OR: 2.31 (1.54 to 3.48)) and 16 years,\u00a0with a greater likelihood observed at 16 years (OR: 4.07 (2.04 to\u00a08.11)).<\/p>\n

Conclusions:<\/strong>
\nWe observed an increased prevalence of obesity in adolescents who were\u00a0affected severely enough to be referred to a specialist CFS\/ME service.\u00a0Further longitudinal research is required in order to identify the\u00a0temporal relationship between the two conditions.<\/p>\n

Obesity in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: An\u00a0observational study<\/a>, by\u00a0T Norris, K Hawton, J Hamilton-Shield, E Crawley in Archives of Disease in<\/span> Childhood<\/em>
\n[Preprint September 21, 2016]<\/p>\n

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