25 August 2021 : Clinical Research
“Obesity Paradox” in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Study
Yan Liu1ABCDEFG, Man Song1BCDF, Lixue Huang2BCDF, Guangfa Zhu13ACG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.931808
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e931808
Figure 2 Association between body mass index (BMI) and the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). A threshold nonlinear association between BMI and ARDS was found in a generalized additive model (GAM). The red line represents the smooth curve fit between variables. The blue line represents the 95% confidence interval from the fit. All values were adjusted for sex, age, albumin level before surgery, APACHE II value, duration of surgery, history of cardiac surgery, history of hypertension, emergency surgery, and type of surgery.