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- Title
Childhood overweight or obesity increases the risk of IIH recurrence fivefold.
- Authors
Stiebel-Kalish, H; Serov, I; Sella, R; Chodick, G; Snir, M
- 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.
- Subjects
OBESITY; INTRACRANIAL hypertension; CHILDHOOD obesity; OVERWEIGHT children; HEALTH counseling
- Publication
International Journal of Obesity, 2014, Vol 38, Issue 11, p1475
- ISSN
0307-0565
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ijo.2014.44