OBJECTIVES: Observational studies suggest obesity is associated with sepsis survival, but these studies are small, fail to adjust for key confounders, measure body mass index at inconsistent time points, and/or use administrative data to define sepsis. To estimate the relationship between body mass index and sepsis mortality using detailed clinical data for case detection and risk adjustment. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort analysis of a large clinical data repository. SETTING: One-hundred thirty-nine hospitals in the United States. PATIENTS: Adult inpatients with sepsis meeting Sepsis-3 criteria. EXPOSURE: Body mass index in six categories: underweight (body mass index < 18.5 kg/m), normal weight (body mass index = 18.5-24.9 kg/m), overweight (body mass index = 25.0-29.9 kg/m), obese class I (body mass index = 30.0-34.9 kg/m), obese class II (body mass index = 35.0-39.9 kg/m), and obese class III (body mass index ≥ 40 kg/m). MEASUREMENTS: Multivariate logistic regression with generalized estimating equations to estimate the effect of body mass index category on short-term mortality (in-hospital death or discharge to hospice) adjusting for patient, infection, and hospital-level factors. Sensitivity analyses were conducted in subgroups of age, gender, Elixhauser comorbidity index, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment quartiles, bacteremic sepsis, and ICU admission. MAIN RESULTS: From 2009 to 2015, we identified 55,038 adults with sepsis and assessable body mass index measurements: 6% underweight, 33% normal weight, 28% overweight, and 33% obese. Crude mortality was inversely proportional to body mass index category: underweight (31%), normal weight (24%), overweight (19%), obese class I (16%), obese class II (16%), and obese class III (14%). Compared with normal weight, the adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) of mortality was 1.62 (1.50-1.74) for underweight, 0.73 (0.70-0.77) for overweight, 0.61 (0.57-0.66) for obese class I, 0.61 (0.55-0.67) for obese class II, and 0.65 (0.59-0.71) for obese class III. Results were consistent in sensitivity analyses. CONCLUSIONS: In adults with clinically defined sepsis, we demonstrate lower short-term mortality in patients with higher body mass indices compared with those with normal body mass indices (both unadjusted and adjusted analyses) and higher short-term mortality in those with low body mass indices. Understanding how obesity improves survival in sepsis would inform prognostic and therapeutic strategies.
OBJECTIVES: Observational studies suggest obesity is associated with sepsis survival, but these studies are small, fail to adjust for key confounders, measure body mass index at inconsistent time points, and/or use administrative data to define sepsis. To estimate the relationship between body mass index and sepsis mortality using detailed clinical data for case detection and risk adjustment. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort analysis of a large clinical data repository. SETTING: One-hundred thirty-nine hospitals in the United States. PATIENTS: Adult inpatients with sepsis meeting Sepsis-3 criteria. EXPOSURE: Body mass index in six categories: underweight (body mass index < 18.5 kg/m), normal weight (body mass index = 18.5-24.9 kg/m), overweight (body mass index = 25.0-29.9 kg/m), obese class I (body mass index = 30.0-34.9 kg/m), obese class II (body mass index = 35.0-39.9 kg/m), and obese class III (body mass index ≥ 40 kg/m). MEASUREMENTS: Multivariate logistic regression with generalized estimating equations to estimate the effect of body mass index category on short-term mortality (in-hospital death or discharge to hospice) adjusting for patient, infection, and hospital-level factors. Sensitivity analyses were conducted in subgroups of age, gender, Elixhauser comorbidity index, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment quartiles, bacteremic sepsis, and ICU admission. MAIN RESULTS: From 2009 to 2015, we identified 55,038 adults with sepsis and assessable body mass index measurements: 6% underweight, 33% normal weight, 28% overweight, and 33% obese. Crude mortality was inversely proportional to body mass index category: underweight (31%), normal weight (24%), overweight (19%), obese class I (16%), obese class II (16%), and obese class III (14%). Compared with normal weight, the adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) of mortality was 1.62 (1.50-1.74) for underweight, 0.73 (0.70-0.77) for overweight, 0.61 (0.57-0.66) for obese class I, 0.61 (0.55-0.67) for obese class II, and 0.65 (0.59-0.71) for obese class III. Results were consistent in sensitivity analyses. CONCLUSIONS: In adults with clinically defined sepsis, we demonstrate lower short-term mortality in patients with higher body mass indices compared with those with normal body mass indices (both unadjusted and adjusted analyses) and higher short-term mortality in those with low body mass indices. Understanding how obesity improves survival in sepsis would inform prognostic and therapeutic strategies.
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