Table 2 Outcome of patients with COVID-19 who required mechanical ventilation stratified by BMI.

From: Association between obesity and mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation: a multicenter retrospective observational study

Outcome variables

Overall

Nonobese (BMI < 25 kg/m2)

Obese (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2)

p value

n = 477

n = 242

n = 235

In-hospital death (%)

120 (25.2)

71 (29.3)

49 (20.9)

0.035

VV-ECMO (%)

90 (18.9)

38 (15.7)

52 (22.1)

0.080

  1. BMI body mass index, VV-ECMO venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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