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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

Supplementary Table 4 Univariate analysis for mortality of acute respiratory distress syndrome.

CovariateStatisticsHR (95% CI)P value
BMI24.31±3.990.89 (0.82, 0.96)0.003
Age, years58.32±13.640.98 (0.95, 1.00)0.038
Smoking index500.00 (400.00–800.00)1.00 (1.00, 1.00)0.320
EF value before surgery, %50.01±25.030.99 (0.98, 1.00)0.129
Hemoglobin level before surgery, g/l123.94±23.410.99 (0.97, 1.00)0.049
Albumin level before surgery, g/l37.61±8.631.02 (0.99, 1.06)0.177
APACHE II value19.70±5.741.00 (0.95, 1.05)0.949
Duration of surgery, hours6.34±2.761.10 (0.98, 1.24)0.093
Blood loss, ml1000.00 (600.00–1500.00)1.00 (1.00, 1.00)0.374
Transfusion of red blood cells, ml750.00 (400.00–1200.00)1.00 (1.00, 1.00)0.651
Transfusion of plasma cells, ml200.00 (0.00–400.00)1.00 (1.00, 1.00)0.089
EF value after surgery, %50.01±25.030.99 (0.98, 1.00)0.129
Duration of incubation time, hours209.43±233.701.00 (1.00, 1.00)0.470
Gender, %0.266
 Male132 (65.35%)1.0
 Female70 (34.65%)1.43 (0.76, 2.68)
History of cardiac surgery, %0.846
 No180 (89.11%)1.0
 Yes22 (10.89%)1.10 (0.43, 2.84)
History of hypertension, %0.555
 No95 (47.03%)1.0
 Yes107 (52.97%)0.84 (0.47, 1.51)
History of diabetes, %0.022
 No156 (77.23%)1.0
 Yes46 (22.77%)0.46 (0.23, 0.89)
History of AMI, %0.385
 No153 (75.74%)1.0
 Yes49 (24.26%)0.74 (0.38, 1.45)
Emergency surgery, %0.382
 No172 (85.15%)1.0
 Yes30 (14.85%)1.47 (0.62, 3.51)
Type of surgery, %
 Isolated valvular surgery or isolated CABG surgery104 (51.49%)1.0-
 Valvular combined with CABG surgery29 (14.36%)0.98 (0.42, 2.29)0.966
 Aortic surgery37 (18.32%)1.62 (0.71, 3.70)0.253
 Others32 (15.84%)1.80 (0.74, 4.40)0.197
Infection after surgery0.741
 No125 (61.88%)1.0
 Yes77 (38.12%)0.90 (0.50, 1.64)
IABP after surgery0.514
 No158 (78.22%)1.0
 Yes44 (21.78%)1.27 (0.62, 2.63)
ECMO after surgery0.146
 No174 (86.14%)1.0
 Yes28 (13.86%)2.03 (0.78, 5.27)
CRRT after surgery0.308
 No136 (67.33%)1.0
 Yes66 (32.67%)1.39 (0.74, 2.64)
Tracheotomy after surgery0.779
 No137 (67.82%)1.0
 Yes65 (32.18%)1.09 (0.58, 2.05)
Second intubation after surgery0.002
 No88 (43.56%)1.0
 Yes114 (56.44%)2.56 (1.41, 4.66)
EF – ejection fraction; COPD – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; AMI - acute myocardial infarction; CABG – coronary artery bypass grafting; APACHE – acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; ARDS – acute respiratory distress syndrome; IABP – intra-aortic balloon pump; ECMO – extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy; CRRT – continuous renal replacement therapy.

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