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25 August 2021: Clinical Research

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

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

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.931808

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e931808

Table 1 Association between body mass index and the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome in different models.

VariableCrude modelAdjust IAdjust II
β (95% CI)P valueβ (95% CI)P valueβ (95% CI)P value
BMI1.01 (0.96, 1.05)0.81531.01 (0.96, 1.05)0.72820.99 (0.94, 1.05)0.8362
BMI
1.01.01.0
 ≥18.5,0.41 (0.21, 0.79)0.00820.39 (0.19, 0.78)0.00820.16 (0.09, 0.48)
 ≥25,0.38 (0.19, 0.76)0.00580.36 (0.18, 0.75)0.00640.17 (0.09, 0.51)0.0001
 ≥300.75 (0.33, 1.72)0.49530.72 (0.31, 1.69)0.45770.30 (0.11, 0.87)0.0265
for trend0.86990.93660.5619
Crude model adjust for none. Adjust I model adjust for gender and age. Adjust II model adjust for gender, age, albumin level before surgery, APACHE II value, and duration of surgery, history of cardiac surgery, and history of hypertension, emergency surgery and type of surgery.

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