Table 3

The risk of development of critical illness, in-hospital mortality and all-cause mortality at 3 years

Diabetes mellitus
Number of subjects
Acute organ failure hospitalization
Acute organ failure with in-hospital death
Acute organ failure with all-cause mortality at 3 years

Absent




     BMI ≤ 20
484
7 (1.5)
28.6
28.6
     BMI 21–24
4,383
32 (0.7)
12.5
15.6
     BMI 25–29
5,424
30 (0.6)
13.3
23.3
     BMI ≥ 30
3,287
21 (0.6)
4.8
23.8
     Total
13,578
90 (0.7)
12.2
21.1
Present




     BMI ≤ 20
22
0
NA
NA
     BMI 21–24
227
8 (3.5)
37.5
37.5
     BMI 25–29
634
16 (2.5)
62.5
62.5
     BMI ≥ 30
947
19 (2.0)
36.8
47.4
     Total
1,830
43 (2.4)
46.5
51.2

Data are taken from from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study 1986–1989 and follow-up, and are presented as proportions (%) over the 3-year study follow-up period. BMI, body mass index.

Slynkova et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R137   doi:10.1186/cc5051