Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: The impact of obesity on ventilator-associated pneumonia, a US nationwide study
Characteristics | Without obesity | With obesity | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
no (%) | 3832 (91) | 395 (9) | Â |
BMI categories, no (%) | Â | Â | Â |
30–40 |  | 155 (3.5) |  |
40–50 |  | 145 (3.3) |  |
Above 50 | Â | 95 (2.2) | Â |
Year | Â | Â | 0.7 |
2017 | 1022 (26.6) | 85 (21.5) | Â |
2018 | 1008 (26.3) | 100 (25.3) | Â |
2019 | 1066 (27.8) | 120 (30.3) | Â |
2020 | 736 (19.1) | 90 (22.7) | Â |
Female, no (%) | 1533 (40) | 268 (68) | < 0.01 |
Age (y) | 58.5 | 58.3 | Â |
Race, no (%) | Â | Â | 0.35 |
White | 1801 (47) | 217 (55) | Â |
Black | 1073 (28) | 126 (32) | Â |
Hispanic | 460 (12) | 31 (8) | Â |
Asian or Pacific Islander | 176 (4.6) | 11 (3) | Â |
Native American | 34 (0.9) | 0 | Â |
Other | 249 (6.5) | 11 (3) | Â |
Charlson Comorbidity Index score, no. (%) |  |  | < 0.01 |
0 | 536 (14) | 15 (4) | Â |
1 | 766 (20) | 43 (11) | Â |
2 | 920 (24) | 114 (29) | Â |
>=3 | 1609 (42) | 221 (56) | Â |
Insurance type, no. (%) | Â | Â | 0.2 |
Medicare | 2261 (59) | 272 (69) | Â |
Medicaid | 1111 (29) | 71 (18) | Â |
Private Insurance | 421 (11) | 51 (13) | Â |
Self-pay | 23 (0.6) | 0 | Â |
Comorbidities, no. (%) | Â | Â | Â |
Sepsis | 1686 (44) | 165 (42) | 0.6 |
DMII | 1380 (36) | 244 (62) | < 0.01 |
HTN | 2146 (56) | 300 (76) | < 0.01 |
CKD | 536 (14) | 106 (27) | < 0.01 |
SVT | 728 (19) | 106 (27) | 0.1 |
Sleep apnea* | 115 (3) | 71 (18) | < 0.01 |
COPD | 651 (17) | 59 (15) | 0.71 |