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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 9.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Respir J. 2012 Aug 30;41(4):929–934. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00185211

Table 2.

Clinical Outcomes by Body Mass Index classification

Variable Underweight (BMI <18.5) N = 650 Normal (BMI 18.5 - 24.9) N = 5,653 Overweight (BMI 25 - 29.9) N = 6,689 Obese (BMI 30 - 39.9) N = 5,012 Morbidly Obese (BMI >40) N = 742
Mortality
    At 30-days post admission 124 (19.1) 744 (13.2) 699 (10.5) 388 (7.7) 52 (7.0)
    At 90-days post admission 193 (29.7) 1,225 (21.7) 1,171 (17.5) 668 (13.3) 83 (11.2)
ICU Admission 141 (21.7) 1,057 (18.7) 1,138 (17.7) 928 (18.5) 152 (20.5)
    Died in ICU 43 (30.5) 193 (18.3) 214 (18.1) 125 (13.5) 25 (16.5)
    Died in Hospital 59 (41.8) 286 (27.1) 203 (25.6) 178 (19.2) 33 (21.7)
Mechanical Ventilation 19 (2.9) 121 (2.1) 128 (1.9) 106 (2.1) 18 (2.4)
Vasopressor Use 42 (6.5) 288(5.1) 293(4.4) 254(5.1) 33(4.4)