Body mass index and the risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm presence and post-operative mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical data regarding the relationships between body mass index (BMI) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) are inconsistent, especially for the obese and overweight patients. The aims of this study were to determine whether obesity is associated with the presence of AAA and to investigate the quantitative relationship between BMI and the risk of AAA presence and post-operative mortality.

Materials and methods

PubMed, Web of Science and Embase databases were used to search for pertinent studies updated to December 2023. The pooled relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was estimated by conventional meta-analysis based on random effects model. Dose-response meta-analyses using robust-error meta-regression (REMR) model were conducted to quantify th

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11020033 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature