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From the Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology (Drs. Balcer, Liu, Volpe, and Galetta) and the Department of Ophthalmology (Dr. Maguire), Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Scheie Eye Institute, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; and the Departments of Ophthalmology (Dr. Forman and K. Pun) and Neurology (Dr. Forman), Westchester County Medical Center, New York Medical Center, Valhalla, NY.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Laura J. Balcer, Department of Neurology, 3 East Gates, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; e-mail: lbalcer{at}mail.med.upenn.edu
The relation between obesity and age in children with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri) has remained uncertain. The authors reviewed the records of 45 consecutive children with newly diagnosed idiopathic intracranial hypertension seen at two medical centers. Forty-three percent of patients aged 3 to 11 years were obese, whereas 81% of those in the 12- to 14-year age group and 91% of those in the 15- to 17-year age group met criteria for obesity (p = 0.01). Younger children with idiopathic intracranial hypertension are less likely to be obese than are older children or adults.
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