Comparison of anthropometric parameters and laboratory test results before and after the COVID-19 outbreak among Chinese children aged 3–18 years

Dong et al., Frontiers in Public Health, doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1048087

Dong et al., Comparison of anthropometric parameters and laboratory test results before and after the COVID-19 outbreak.., Frontiers in Public Health, doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1048087

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Retrospective 2,162 children 3-18 in China, showing 2.8 times greater vitamin D deficiency, and increased obesity, hypercholesterol, and hyperuricemia after extended COVID-19 lockdown in China.

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Dong et al., 14 Mar 2023, retrospective, China, peer-reviewed, 7 authors.

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Comparison of anthropometric parameters and laboratory test results before and after the COVID-outbreak among Chinese children aged -years

Bojko Bjelakovic, Mohamed Ahmed Said, Zeinab A Kasemy, Jie Shao, Wen-Hong Dong, Tian-Miao Gu, Bing-Quan Zhu, Ying Shen, Xin-Yu He, Guan-Nan Bai

GN and Shao J ( ) Comparison of anthropometric parameters and laboratory test results before and after the COVID-outbreak among Chinese children aged -years.

Ethics statement The studies involving human participants were reviewed and approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Written informed consent for participation was not provided by the participants' legal guardians/next of kin because: Data used in this study was retrieved from electronic records in the hospital. By the time this study was conducted, all participants have finished their health checkup and left the hospital. Considering no additional physical harm were added to the participants due to this study, informed consent was waived by the Medical Ethics Committee of Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine [Review number: 2021-IRB-185]. Author contributions WHD, TMG, GNB, and JS: study concept, design, and drafting of the manuscript. WHD, TMG, BQZ, and YS: acquisition of data. WHD, TMG, BQZ, YS, XYH, GNB, and JS: statistical analysis, interpretation of data, and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. JS: obtaining funding and study supervision. BQZ and JS: administrative, technical, or material support. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version. Conflict of interest The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. Publisher's note All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the..

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