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Individual factors underlie temperature variation in sickness and in health: influence of age, BMI and genetic factors in a multi-cohort study
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ABSTRACT
IntroductionAgeing affects immune function resulting in aberrant fever response to infection. We assess the effects of biological variables on basal temperature and temperature in COVID-19 infection, proposing an updated temperature threshold for older adults. MethodsParticipants:
O_LIUnaffected twin volunteers 1089 adult TwinsUK participants. C_LIO_LILondon hospitalised COVID-19+ 520 adults with emergency admission. C_LIO_LIBirmingham hospitalised COVID-19+ 757 adults with emergency admission. C_LIO_LICommunity-based COVID-19+ 3972 adults self-reporting a positive test using the COVID Symptom Study mobile application. C_LI AnalysisHeritability assessed using saturated and univariate ACE models; Linear mixed-effect and multivariable linear regression analysing associations between temperature, age, sex and BMI; multivariable logistic regression analysing associations between fever ([≥]37.8{degrees}C) and age; receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis to identify temperature threshold for adults [≥] 65 years. ResultsAmong unaffected volunteers, lower BMI (p=0.001), and older age (p<0.001) associated with lower basal temperature. Basal temperature showed a heritability of 47% (95% Confidence Interval 18-57%). In COVID-19+ participants, increasing age associated with lower temperatures in cohorts (c) and (d) (p<0.001). For each additional year of age, participants were 1% less likely to demonstrate a fever (OR 0.99; p<0.001). Combining healthy and COVID-19+ participants, a temperature of 37.4{degrees}C in adults [≥]65 years had similar sensitivity and specificity to 37.8{degrees}C in adults <65 years for discriminating fever in COVID-19. ConclusionsAgeing affects temperature in health and acute infection. Significant heritability indicates biological factors contribute to temperature regulation. Our observations indicate a lower threshold (37.4{degrees}C) should be considered for assessing fever in older adults. Key PointsO_LIOlder adults, particularly those with lower BMI, have a lower basal temperature and a lower temperature in response to infection C_LIO_LIBasal temperature is heritable, suggesting biological factors underlying temperature regulation C_LIO_LIOur findings support a lower temperature threshold of 37.4{degrees}C for identifying possible COVID-19 infection in older adults C_LIO_LIThis has implications for case detection, surveillance and isolation and could be incorporated into observation assessment C_LI
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2021
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