Table 1. Baseline patient characteristic.
| Underweight (n = 14) |
Normal (n = 118) |
Overweight (n = 53) |
Obese (n = 15) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, yrs | 36.50 (18–89) | 63.50 (19–86) | 62.00 (21–83) | 65.00 (19–86) | 0.002 |
| Gender (female) | 7 (50) | 41 (34.7) | 21 (39.6) | 10 (66.7) | 0.10 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 16.40 (15.1–18.4) |
21.70 (18.5–24.9) |
26.50 (25.0–29.6) |
31.20 (30.0–35.3) |
< 0.001 |
| Comorbidities | |||||
| Diabetes | 5 (35.7) | 59 (50) | 23 (43.4) | 6 (40.0) | 0.64 |
| Hypertension | 4 (28.6) | 55 (46.6) | 27 (50.9) | 8 (53.3) | 0.48 |
| Dyslipidemia | 0 | 16 (13.6) | 9 (17.0) | 3 (20.0) | 0.37 |
| Current smoker | 3 (21.4) | 31 (26.3) | 9 (17.0) | 1 (6.7) | 0.25 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 1 (7.1) | 19 (16.1) | 6 (11.3) | 1 (6.7) | 0.58 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 1 (7.1) | 7 (5.9) | 4 (7.5) | 0 | 0.75 |
| Prior myocardial infarction | 0 | 20 (16.9) | 6 (11.3) | 2 (13.3) | 0.33 |
| Previous stroke | 1 (7.1) | 20 (16.9) | 5 (9.4) | 2 (13.3) | 0.51 |
| SAVE score | -9 (-15.0–-2.0) |
-9 (-13.0–-6.8) |
-10 (-12.0–-7.5) |
-10 (-12.0–-8.0) |
0.88 |
BMI, body mass index; SAVE, survival after veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Values are n (%) or median (Interquartile range).