Absence of association between low calf circumference, adjusted or not for adiposity, and ICU mortality in critically ill adults: A secondary analysis of a cohort study.

BMI-adjusted calf circumference did not exhibit independent associations with ICU and in-hospital death, nor with ICU and in-hospital length of stay, compared with its unadjusted measurement. However, low calf circumference (unadjusted and BMI-adjusted) was independently associated with ICU readmission, mainly when analyzed as a continuous variable.