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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 94, Issue 9, Pages 1587-1591Publisher
AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.9.1587
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- AHRQ HHS [T32 HS000032, T32 HS00032] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [HD39183, R01 HD039183] Funding Source: Medline
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Objectives. We examined lengths of hospital stay among individuals categorized according to weight status. Methods. We used data from the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Followup Survey to estimate length-of-stay differences. Results. Individuals with body mass indexes (BMIs) of 35 kg/m(2) or above, those with BMIs of 30 to 34 kg/m(2), and those with BMIs of 25 to 29 kg/m(2) had crude length-of-stay rates greater than those of normal-weight individuals. Association between BMI and length of stay varied over time. Conclusions. Obese individuals experience longer hospital stays than normal-weight individuals.
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