Being Overweight Is Associated With Greater Survival in ICU Patients

Yasser Sakr; Ilmi Alhussami; Rahul Nanchal; Richard G. Wunderink; Tommaso Pellis; Xavier Wittebole; Ignacio Martín‐Loeches; Bruno François; Marc Léone; Jean Louis Vincent

doi:10.1097/ccm.0000000000001310

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In this large cohort of critically ill patients, underweight was independently associated with a higher hazard of 60-day in-hospital death and overweight with a lower hazard. None of the body mass index categories as independently associated with an increased hazard of infection during the ICU stay.

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