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However, the presence of an \u201cobesity paradox,\u201d in which increasing body mass index may be protective against morbidity and mortality in certain clinical settings, has been demonstrated in both trauma and emergency general surgery patients. The impact of obesity on outcomes in burn patients is mixed, and no study has evaluated the impact of obesity on burn outcomes specifically in patients requiring excision of burn wounds. We performed a retrospective cohort study utilizing the American Burn Association\u2019s Burn Care Quality Platform dataset of burn patients requiring surgical excision. The primary outcome was the association of obesity with mortality. Secondary outcomes included association of obesity with infection, graft loss, ventilator days, and length of stay (LOS). Multivariate regressions, controlling for pertinent variables, were used for analysis. 6045 patients were included in the analysis, 4999 in the non-obese cohort and 1046 in the obese cohort. There was no association between obesity and mortality, nor was there any association between obesity and graft loss. However, obesity was associated with increased odds for infection (OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.01-1.42, P\u2009=\u2009.04), increased ventilator days (IRR 1.34, 95% CI 1.19-1.51, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.01), and an association in the direction of increased LOS (sHR 0.93, 95% CI 0.87-1.00, P\u2009=\u2009.06). Not only was there no obesity paradox, obesity was associated with increased morbidity in patients requiring excision.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jbcr\/irag153","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,25]],"date-time":"2026-08-25T11:36:34Z","timestamp":1787657794000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Revisiting the Obesity Paradox in Burns: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Burn Patients Requiring Surgical Excision"],"prefix":"10.1093","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4198-2317","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Justin E","family":"Dvorak","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Trauma and Burns, MetroHealth Medical Center , Cleveland, OH 44109 ,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Casey L","family":"Kohler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Trauma and Burns, MetroHealth Medical Center , Cleveland, OH 44109 ,","place":["United 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