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Methods: We carried out a retrospective analysis of data of 129 post-cardiac-arrest patients with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the University Teaching Hospital in Wroc\u0142aw between 2017 and 2022. Results: Female patients were significantly older than male patients (68.62 \u00b1 14.77 vs. 62.7 \u00b1 13.95). The results of univariable logistic regression analysis showed that BMI was not associated with the odds of in-hospital death in either male or female patients. In an age-adjusted model, age was an independent predictor of the odds of in-hospital death only in male patients (OR = 1.034). In our final multiple logistic regression model, adjusted for the remaining variables, none of the traits analysed were a significant independent predictor of the odds of in-hospital death in female patients, whereas an initial rhythm of ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VF\/pVT) was an independent predictor of the odds of in-hospital death in male patients (OR = 0.247). Conclusions: BMI on admission to ICU is not a predictor of the odds of in-hospital death in either male or female SCA survivors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu15153462","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,5]],"date-time":"2023-08-05T10:25:36Z","timestamp":1691231136000},"page":"3462","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["The Impact of Body Mass Index on In-Hospital Mortality in Post-Cardiac-Arrest Patients\u2014Does Sex Matter?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4245-5420","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Micha\u0142","family":"Czapla","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroc\u0142aw Medical University, 51-616 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"},{"name":"Group of Research in Care (GRUPAC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Rioja, 26006 Logro\u00f1o, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7185-6592","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adrian","family":"Kwa\u015bny","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Dietetics, Academy of Business and Health Science, 90-361 \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6047-4345","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ma\u0142gorzata","family":"S\u0142oma-Krze\u015blak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Human Nutrition, Department of Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-055 Katowice, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3597-2048","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ra\u00fal","family":"Ju\u00e1rez-Vela","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Group of Research in Care (GRUPAC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Rioja, 26006 Logro\u00f1o, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Piotr","family":"Karniej","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Group of Research in Care (GRUPAC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Rioja, 26006 Logro\u00f1o, Spain"},{"name":"Faculty of Finances and Management, WSB MERITO, University in Wroclaw, 53-609 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sara","family":"Janczak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Student Research Group, Department of Vascular, General and Transplantation Surgery, Wroc\u0142aw Medical University, 50-556 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aleksander","family":"Mickiewicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroc\u0142aw Medical University, 51-616 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bartosz","family":"Uchmanowicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing and Obstetrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, 51-618 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stanis\u0142aw","family":"Zieli\u0144ski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department and Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Wroc\u0142aw Medical University, 50-556 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marzena","family":"Zieli\u0144ska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department and Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Wroc\u0142aw Medical University, 50-556 Wroc\u0142aw, Poland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1479","DOI":"10.1016\/j.resuscitation.2010.08.006","article-title":"Global incidences of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and survival rates: Systematic review of 67 prospective studies","volume":"81","author":"Berdowski","year":"2010","journal-title":"Resuscitation"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1186\/s13054-020-2773-2","article-title":"The global survival rate among adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"24","author":"Yan","year":"2020","journal-title":"Crit. 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