Association between obesity and short- and medium-term mortality in critically ill patients with atrial fibrillation: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been controversy about how obesity affects the clinical prognosis for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), and the relationship between obesity and outcomes in critically ill patients with AF remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore the association between obesity and short- and medium-term mortality in critically ill patients with AF.

Methods

The Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV (MIMIC-IV) database was used to conduct a retrospective cohort analysis on 9282 critically ill patients with AF. Patients were categorized into four groups based on their body mass index (BMI) values: underweight, normal-weight, overweight, and obese. The outcomes of this study were 30-day, 90-day, and 1-year all-cause mortality. Cox proportiona

SUBMITTER: Yang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10037857 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature