BMI and pneumonia outcomes in critically ill covid-19 patients: An international multicenter study.
Mikael ChetbounVioleta RaverdyJulien LabreucheArthur SimonnetFlorent WalletCyrielle CaussyMassimo AntonelliAntonio ArtigasGemma GomaFerhat MezianiJulie HelmsEleftherios MylonakisMitchell M LevyMarkos KalligerosNicola LatronicoSimone PivaCharles CerfMathilde NeuvilleKada KloucheRomaric LarcherFabienne TamionEmilie OcchialiMorgane SnackenJean-Charles PreiserLoay KontarAntoine RiviereStein SilvaBenjamine SartonRaphael KrouchiVictoria DubarLeonidas PalaiodimosDimitrios KaramanisJuliette PercheErwan L'HerLuca BusettoDror DickerShaul LevAlain DuhamelMercè JourdainFrançois PattouPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2021)
In critically ill COVID-19 patients, a linear association between BMI and the need for IMV, independent of other metabolic risk factors, and a nonlinear association between BMI and mortality risk were observed.