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| Title |
Obesity Paradox in Amputation Risk Among Nonelderly Diabetic Men
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| Published in |
Obesity, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1038/oby.2011.301 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Min‐Woong Sohn, Elly Budiman‐Mak, Elissa H. Oh, Michael S. Park, Rodney M. Stuck, Neil J. Stone, William B. Pearce |
| Abstract |
The association between BMI and amputation risk is not currently well known. We used data for a cohort of diabetic patients treated in the US Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in 2003. Men aged <65 years at the end of follow-up were examined for their amputation risk and amputation-free survival during the next 5 years (2004-2008). Compared to overweight individuals (BMI 25-29.9 kg/m(2)), the risks of amputation and treatment failure (amputation or death) were higher for patients with BMI <25 kg/m(2) and were lower for those with BMI ≥30 kg/m(2). Individuals with BMI ≥40 kg/m(2) were only half as likely to experience any (hazard ratios (HR) = 0.49; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.30-0.80) and major amputations (HR = 0.53; 95% CI, 0.39-0.73) during follow-up as overweight individuals. While the amputation risk continued to decrease for higher BMI, amputation-free survival showed a slight upturn at BMI >40 kg/m(2). The association between obesity and amputation risk in our data shows a pattern consistent with "obesity paradox" observed in many health conditions. More research is needed to better understand pathophysiological mechanisms that may explain the paradoxical association between obesity and lower-extremity amputation (LEA) risk. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 34 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 8 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 14% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 7 | 20% |
| Unknown | 5 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 49% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Unknown | 8 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 December 2011.
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#3,947,307
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#26,534
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