The Association Between BMI and Mortality in Surgical Patients

The Association Between BMI and Mortality in Surgical Patients

Background While obesity is commonly associated with increased morbidity and mortality, in patients with chronic diseases, it has have been associated with a better prognosis, a phenomenon known as the 'obesity paradox'. Objective We investigated the relationship between mortality, length...

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Veröffentlicht in:World journal of surgery 2021-05, Vol.45 (5), p.1390-1399
Hauptverfasser: Dotan, Idit, Shochat, Tzipora, Shimon, Ilan, Akirov, Amit
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abdominal Surgery
Body mass
Body mass index
Body size
Body weight
Cardiac Surgery
Chronic illnesses
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
General Surgery
Health risks
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Morbidity
Mortality
Obesity
Original Scientific Report
Overweight
Paradoxes
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Underweight
Vascular Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:Background While obesity is commonly associated with increased morbidity and mortality, in patients with chronic diseases, it has have been associated with a better prognosis, a phenomenon known as the 'obesity paradox'. Objective We investigated the relationship between mortality, length of hospital stay (LOHS), and body mass index (BMI) in patients hospitalized to general surgical wards. Methods We extracted data of patients admitted to the hospital between January 2011 and December 2017. BMI was classified according to the following categories: underweight (
ISSN:0364-2313
1432-2323
DOI:10.1007/s00268-021-05961-4