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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma. 2010 Feb;68(2):317–330. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181caab6c

Table 7.

Acid Base Status by BMI Class at 48 Hours Post-Injury

Normal
(N=253)
Overweight
(N=239)
Obese
(N=194)
Morbid
(N=45)
p-value
Metabolic 15.8% 22.6% 16.5% 40.0% p<0.001
Respiratory 9.1% 14.6% 11.9% 11.1% p=0.299
Resolved 75.1% 62.8% 71.6% 48.9% p<0.001