Why the study?
Obesity carries high morbidity and mortality, but the possible association between body mass index and mortality in ICU patients required evaluation.
Population
502 patients admitted to the ICU
Comparison
Patients categorized based on their BMI
Design
Cross-sectional study
Authors
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No independent BMI-mortality link after adjustment; leaves open whether waist circumference or severity drives ICU outcomes in observational data.
Key points are not available for this paper at this time.
Sanaie et al. (2020) studied this question.