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Table 1 Characteristics of patients and hospitalizations, by cohort

From: Overweight or obese BMI is associated with earlier, but not later survival after common acute illnesses

Patient and Hospitalization Characteristics

Cohort

CHF

N = 4287

Pneumonia

N = 4182

Acute MI

N = 2001

Age (years), median (IQR)

79 (72–86)

79 (71–85)

77 (71–84)

Male, N (%)

1841 (42.9%)

2007 (48.0%)

1051 (52.5%)

Race, N (%)

 White/Caucasian

3225 (75.2%)

3417 (81.7%)

1670 (83.5%)

 Black/African American

934 (21.8%)

628 (15.0%)

258 (12.9%)

 Other

128 (3.0%)

137 (3.3%)

73 (3.7%)

Married/partnered, N (%)

1957 (45.7%)

1967 (47.0%)

1103 (55.1%)

Wealth, N (%)

 Net negative or zero

592 (13.8%)

555 (13.3%)

208 (10.4%)

 Quartile 1

1478 (34.5%)

1379 (33.0%)

559 (27.9%)

 Quartile 2

1023 (23.9%)

1013 (24.2%)

463 (23.1%)

 Quartile 3

682 (15.9%)

688 (16.5%)

432 (21.6%)

 Quartile 4

512 (11.9%)

547 (13.1%)

339 (16.9%)

Income, N (%)

 None

1633 (38.1%)

1604 (38.4%)

684 (34.2%)

 Quartile 1

1467 (34.2%)

1385 (33.1%)

632 (31.6%)

 Quartile 2

831 (19.4%)

753 (18.0%)

399 (19.9%)

 Quartile 3

257 (6.0%)

330 (7.9%)

219 (10.9%)

 Quartile 4

99 (2.3%)

110 (2.6%)

67 (3.4%)

Body Mass Index, N (%)

 Underweight

165 (3.9%)

294 (7.0%)

71 (3.6%)

 Normal

1538 (35.9%)

1736 (41.5%)

698 (34.9%)

 Overweight/obese

2584 (60.3%)

2152 (51.5%)

1232 (61.6%)

Body mass index, median (IQR)

26 (23–30)

25 (22–29)

26 (23–29)

Co-morbidities

 Weighted Charlson Index, median (IQR)

4 (3–6)

3 (2–5)

3 (2–5)

 Heart Failure, N(%)

4278 (100%)

2080 (49.7%)

1106 (55.3%)

 Dementia, N (%)

303 (7.1%)

533 (12.8%)

111 (5.6%)

 Metastatic Cancer, N (%)

86 (2.0%)

206 (4.9%)

29 (1.5%)

Smoking Status

 Current, N (%)

473 (11.0%)

601 (14.4%)

284 (14.2%)

 Former, N (%)

2167 (50.7%)

2263 (54.1%)

970 (48.5%)

 Never, N (%)

1647 (38.4%)

1318 (31.5%)

747 (37.3%)

Hospital Length of Stay (days), median (IQR)

5 (3–7)

5 (3–8)

5 (3–8)

Used Intensive Care, N (%)

974 (22.7%)

849 (20.3%)

1158 (57.9%)

Mortality, N (%)

 In-hospital

191 (4.5%)

455 (10.8%)

200 (10.0%)

 30 days

437 (10.2%)

727 (17.4%)

312 (15.6%)

 90 days

860 (20.1%)

1072 (25.6%)

411 (20.5%)

 1 year

1720 (40.1%)

1710 (40.9%)

639 (31.9%)