ArticleBioMed research international2020
Association between Body Mass Index and Short-Term Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis: A Real-World Study.
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- Impact of underweight status on mortality in sepsis patients: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Body mass index and risk of clostridioides difficile infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Infection · 2022Pooled it
- Novel Adipokines in Critical Illness and Sepsis: Chemerin, Vaspin, and Omentin-1: A Comprehensive Evidence-Based Review.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Do Obesity Classifications Create the Obesity Paradox? A Scoping Review of Obesity Definitions Applied in Sepsis Research.Clinical obesity · 2026Article
- Association of Body Mass Index with 28-Day Mortality in Adult Intensive Care Patients with Sepsis: A Retrospective Observational Study.Sisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni · 2026Article
- Online Clinical Calculator for Predicting 28-Day Mortality in Older Adult Patients With Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy: Retrospective Study Using MIMIC-IV.JMIR medical informatics · 2025Article
- Clinical Outcomes in Acute Decompensated Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Steatotic Liver Disease Cirrhosis: The Role of BMI in Mortality, Readmission, and Hospital Stay.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- L-shaped association of body mass index with prognosis in individuals with sepsis: a multicenter cohort study.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Article
- Association between body mass index and long-term all-cause mortality in critically ill patients without malignant tumors.PloS one · 2025Article
- Association of body mass index changes with short-term mortality risks in ICU patients with sepsis across different admission BMI states: analysis of the MIMIC-IV database.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Role of obesity in lower mortality risk in sepsis: a meta-analysis of observational studies.American journal of translational research · 2024Review
- Development and validation of an interpretable machine learning for mortality prediction in patients with sepsis.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2024Article
- Impact of body mass index on mortality outcomes in intensive care patients with Staphylococcus aureus sepsis: A retrospective analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
- Association of obesity and mortality in sepsis patients: A meta-analysis from observational evidence.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Association of body mass index with mortality of sepsis or septic shock: an updated meta-analysis.Journal of intensive care · 2023Article
- Sex Differences in Short- and Long-Term Survival Among Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Association of Diabetes and Admission Blood Glucose Levels with Short-Term Outcomes in Patients with Critical Illnesses.Journal of inflammation research · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundObesity is now recognized as one of the major public health threats, especially for patients with a critical illness. However, studies regarding whether and how body mass index (BMI) affects clinical outcomes in patients with sepsis are still scarce and controversial. The aim of our study was to determine the effect of BMI on critically ill patients with sepsis. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe performed this study using data from the Medical Information Center for Intensive Care III database. A multivariate Cox regression model was used to assess the independent association of BMI with the primary outcome.
resultsA total of 7,967 patients were enrolled in this study. Firstly, we found that the 28-day mortality was reduced by 22% (HR = 0.78, 95% CI 0.69-0.88) and 13% (HR = 0.87, 95% CI 0.78-0.98) for obese and overweight compared to normal weight, respectively. Subsequently, a U-shaped association of BMI with 28-day mortality was observed in sepsis patients, with the lowest 28-day mortality at the BMI range of 30-40 kg/m
conclusionsA U-shaped association of BMI with 28-day mortality in critically ill sepsis patients was found, with the lowest 28-day mortality at a BMI range of 30-40 kg/m
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