Open AccessThe association between BMI and 90-day mortality in patients with and without diabetes seeking care at the emergency department
Author(s) -
Per Wändell,
Axel C. Carlsson,
Anders Larsson,
Olle Melander,
Torgny Wessman,
Johan Ärnlöv,
Toralph Ruge
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
upsala journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2000-1967
pISSN - 0300-9734
DOI - 10.48101/ujms.v126.7590
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , hazard ratio , overweight , diabetes mellitus , underweight , type 2 diabetes , comorbidity , emergency department , obesity , proportional hazards model , bonferroni correction , confidence interval , emergency medicine , pediatrics , endocrinology , psychiatry , statistics , mathematics
The impact of body mass index (BMI) on mortality varies with age and disease states. The aim of this research study was to analyse the associations between BMI categories and short- and long-term mortality in patients with or without diabetes seeking care at the emergency department (ED) with acute dyspnoea.