Maya Guglin, Elric Zweck, Manreet Kanwar, Shashank S Sinha, Arvind Bhimaraj, Borui Li, Jacob Abraham, Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, Rachna Kataria, Daniel Burkhoff, Navin K Kapur
We explored the association of body mass index (BMI) with mortality in cardiogenic shock (CS). Using the Cardiogenic Shock Working Group registry, we assessed the impact of BMI on mortality using restricted cubic splines in a multivariable logistic regression model adjusting for age, gender, and race. We also assessed mortality, device use, and complications in BMI categories, defined as underweight (<18.5 kg/m2), normal (18.5-24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25-29.9 kg/m2), obese (30-39.9 kg/m2), and severely obese (>40 kg/m2) using univariable logistic regression models...
March 25, 2024: ASAIO Journal: a Peer-reviewed Journal of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs