Association of Obesity With Severity of Heart Failure Exacerbation: A Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT: Obesity and heart failure (HF) are important public health problems in the United States. Although studies have reported the association between obesity and higher chronic morbidity of HF, little is known about the relations of obesity with severity of HF exacerbation and in-hospital mortality; therefore, we aimed to investigate the associations of obesity with severity of HF exacerbation and in-hospital mortality. This retrospective cohort study of adults hospitalized for HF exacerbation used population-based data sets (the State Inpatient Databases) of 7 US states from 2012 to 2013. The outcomes were acute severity measures-use of positive pressure ventilation and hospital length of stay-and in-hospital mortality. We determined the associations between obesity and these outcomes, includi

SUBMITTER: Hirayama A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5907573 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature