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Associations between low body mass index and mortality in patients with sepsis: A retrospective analysis of a cohort study in Japan.
By Tetsuya Sato,Daisuke Kudo,Shigeki Kushimoto,Masatsugu Hasegawa,Fumihito Ito,Sathoshi Yamanouchi,Hiroyuki Honda,Kohkichi Andoh,Hajime Furukawa,Yasuo Yamada,Yuta Tsujimoto,Manabu Okuyama,Masakazu Kobayashi Jun 10, 2021
The distribution of body mass in populations of Western countries differs from that of populations of East Asian countries. In East Asian countries, fewer people have a high body mass index than those in Western countries. In Japan, the country with the highest number of older adults worldwide, many people have a low body mass index. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the association between a low body mass index and mortality in patients with sepsis in Japan.