Michael Klintschar, Kirsten Wöllner, Lars Hagemeier, Theresa A Engelmann, Jan Mahlmann, Alessia Lunow, Roman Wolff-Maras
328 autopsy cases of fatal pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) were compared to 984 age- and sex-matched controls to evaluate the association between obesity and PE in a forensic context. Both PE and control cases had a mean age of 67,8 years (male 62,9 years, females 71,7 years). The percentage of morbidly obese persons with a body mass index (BMI) of above 40 or abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue of above 4 cm was higher in the PE group (8,39% vs. 4,67% and 29.45% vs. 23.40%, respectively)...
June 2023: Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology