ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
The Relationship between Body Mass Index and In-Hospital Mortality in Bacteremic Sepsis.
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- Impact of underweight status on mortality in sepsis patients: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The Role of Gut Microbiota in Liver Regeneration After Partial Hepatectomy: New Evidence From Animal and Human Studies.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026Review
- Do Obesity Classifications Create the Obesity Paradox? A Scoping Review of Obesity Definitions Applied in Sepsis Research.Clinical obesity · 2026Article
- Association between advanced lung cancer inflammation index and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis: analysis of the MIMIC-IV database.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- L-shaped association of body mass index with prognosis in individuals with sepsis: a multicenter cohort study.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 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
- Impact of unintentional weight loss on 30-day mortality in intensive care unit sepsis patients: a retrospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Occult bacteremia in living donor liver transplantation: a prospective observational study of recipients and donors.Surgery today · 2024Observational
- Impact of body mass index on mortality outcomes in intensive care patients with Staphylococcus aureus sepsis: A retrospective analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and clinical outcomes following sepsis continues to be debated. We aimed to investigate the relationship between BMI and in-hospital clinical course and mortality in patients hospitalized with bacteremic sepsis using real-world data.
methodsA sampled cohort of patients hospitalized with bacteremic sepsis between October 2015 and December 2016 was identified in the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database. In-hospital mortality and length of stay were defined as the relevant outcomes. Patients were divided into 6 BMI (kg/m
resultsAn estimated total of 90,760 hospitalizations for bacteremic sepsis across the U.S. were analyzed. The data showed a reverse-J-shaped relationship between BMI and study population outcomes, with the underweight patients (BMI ≤ 19 kg/m
conclusionsA reverse-J-shaped relationship between BMI and mortality was documented, confirming the "obesity paradox" in the real-world setting in patients hospitalized for sepsis and bacteremia.
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