Body Mass Index and Mortality in Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Other Diseases: A Cohort Study in 35,506 ICU Patients

J. Kooistra, Emma; Brinkman, Sylvia; H. J. van der Voort, Peter; F. de Keizer, Nicolette; A. Dongelmans, Dave; Kox, Matthijs; Pickkers, Peter

doi:10.1097/ccm.0000000000005216

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Body Mass Index and Mortality in Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Other Diseases: A Cohort Study in 35,506 ICU Patients

Published in Critical Care Medicine • Jul 16, 2021

Authors:

Emma J. Kooistra

Sylvia Brinkman

Peter H. J. van der Voort

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Obesity is a risk factor for severe coronavirus disease 2019 and might play a role in its pathophysiology. It is unknown whether body mass index is related to clinical outcome following ICU admission, as observed in various other categories of critically ill patients. We investigated the...

Subject

Medicine

Body mass index

Cohort study

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