“Obesity Paradox” in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Study

25 August 2021 : Clinical Research

Yan Liu^1ABCDEFG, Man Song^1BCDF, Lixue Huang^2BCDF, Guangfa Zhu^13ACG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.931808

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e931808

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Table 2 The result of 2-piecewise linear regression model.

Inflection point of BMI	Effect size (OR)	95% CI	P value
<24.78	0.68	0.55 to 0.84	0.000
≥24.78	1.07	1.00 to 1.14	0.050
Effect: ARDS; Cause: BMI. Adjusted: gender, age, albumin level before surgery, APACHE II value, duration of surgery, history of cardiac surgery, history of hypertension, emergency surgery and type of surgery.

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