https://www.selleckchem.com/pr....oducts/bay-1161909.h
OBJECTIVE The obesity paradox is the association of increased survival for overweight and obese patients compared to normal and underweight patients, despite an increased risk of morbidity. The obesity paradox has been demonstrated in many disease states but has yet to be studied in trauma. The objective of this study is to elucidate the presence of the obesity paradox in trauma patients by evaluating the association between BMI and outcomes. METHODS Using the 2014-2015 National Trauma Database (NTD, adults were categorized by WHO
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