Impact of the Body Mass on Complications and Outcome in Multiple Trauma Patients: What Does the Weight Weigh?

Table 3

Risk profile measured by the APACHE II score, its expected mortality, and outcome.

	Underweight	Normal	Overweight	Obesity	P value
APACHE II (points)	14.2±6.8	12.7±6.9	13.9±7.4	14.1±7.0	0.228
Expected mortality (%)	23.0±15.0	20.0±14.4	23.0±16.8	22.7±16.6	0.192
Observed mortality (%)	5 (17.9%)	25 (9.4%)	24 (11.4%)	7 (8.5%)	0.484