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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Increased body mass index and adjusted mortality in ICU patients with sepsis or septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author (Y)

Country

Study design

Study period (MM/YY)

Diagnostic criteria

Age, years

Median (IQR or SD)

Male (%)

Outcome

Studies of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shocka

Sakr [31] (2008)

24 European countriesb

Prospective cohort, multicenter

05/02–05/02

Septic shock [25]

NR

NR

Hospital mortality

Wurzinger [15] (2010)

Austria

Retrospective cohort, single center

01/03–12/08

Septic shock [25]

69 (14)

162 (54)

ICU mortality

Adamzik [32] (2011)

Germany

Prospective cohort, single center

NR

Severe sepsis [25]

57 (16)

90 (58)

30-day mortality

Arabia [17] (2013)

Canada, USA Saudi Arabia

Retrospective cohort, multicenter

/96–/08

Septic shock [25]

NR

1658 (58)

Hospital mortality

Wacharasint [16] (2013)

Australia, Canada, USA

Retrospective cohort, multicenter

07/01–04/06

Septic shock [25]

NR

449 (62)

28-day mortality

Sakr [33] (2015)

84 countriesc

Retrospective worldwide audit

05/12–05/12

Sepsis [26]

NR

NR

60-day in-hospital mortality

  1. NR not reported
  2. aDefinitions of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock in these studies included Bone et al. [25] and Vincent et al. [26]
  3. bAustria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom
  4. cList of 84 countries detailed in the following link: http://links.lww.com/CCM/B435