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Sex differences in an Italian pediatric population covid-19 positive
Elisabetta Straface
Istituto Superiore Di Sanita
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0784-9077
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Background: Since December 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan and spread rapidly worldwide. Despite the high number of people affected, data on clinical features and prognostic factors in children and adolescents are limited. We propose a retrospective study aimed to evaluate clinical characteristics of children infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Italy.
Methods: A pediatric population admitted with COVID-19 to Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital of Rome (Italy) in the period from the end of February to May 2020 has been studied taking into account gender. Medical history, comorbidities, symptoms and laboratory findings were obtained from patients' electronic medical records.
Results: In 41 patients (21 males and 20 females) we found that: i) fever and cough were the dominant symptoms, while gastrointestinal symptoms were rare; and ii) all ages of childhood were susceptible to COVID-19. Moreover, we found that females with COVID-19, were significantly
(p = 0.04) older than males and required more days of hospitalization (p = 0.01).
Moreover, compared to females, a greater number of males had high values of C reactive protein (3 males vs 1 female) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (2 males vs 1 female).
Conclusions: Compared to the adults we found that COVID-19 infection in children is a non-severe inflammatory disease in both males and females. In any case, many detailed studies should be conducted.
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sex differences, COVID-19, inflammation, thrombocytosis, pediatric population
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Sex differences in an Italian pediatric population covid-19 positive
Elisabetta Straface
Istituto Superiore Di Sanita
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0784-9077
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Editorial decision: Major revision
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Reviewer #2 agreed
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On 10 Sep, 2020
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Received 30 Jul, 2020
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On 21 Jul, 2020
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Background: Since December 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan and spread rapidly worldwide. Despite the high number of people affected, data on clinical features and prognostic factors in children and adolescents are limited. We propose a retrospective study aimed to evaluate clinical characteristics of children infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Italy.
Methods: A pediatric population admitted with COVID-19 to Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital of Rome (Italy) in the period from the end of February to May 2020 has been studied taking into account gender. Medical history, comorbidities, symptoms and laboratory findings were obtained from patients' electronic medical records.
Results: In 41 patients (21 males and 20 females) we found that: i) fever and cough were the dominant symptoms, while gastrointestinal symptoms were rare; and ii) all ages of childhood were susceptible to COVID-19. Moreover, we found that females with COVID-19, were significantly
(p = 0.04) older than males and required more days of hospitalization (p = 0.01).
Moreover, compared to females, a greater number of males had high values of C reactive protein (3 males vs 1 female) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (2 males vs 1 female).
Conclusions: Compared to the adults we found that COVID-19 infection in children is a non-severe inflammatory disease in both males and females. In any case, many detailed studies should be conducted.