From: Underweight is independently associated with mortality in post-operative and non-operative patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a retrospective study
BMI Subgroup
Number of patients (%)
Post-Operative N = 11,215
Non-Operative N = 8,454
< 18.5
384 (3.4)
428 (5.1)
18.5–24.9
3,461 (30.9)
2,945 (34.8)
25.0–29.9
3,878 (34.6)
2,692 (31.8)
30.0–39.9
2,718 (24.2)
1,947 (23.0)
≥ 40.0
774 (6.9)
442 (5.2)