High body fat (but not BMI itself) linked to four-fold increase in mortality risk after heart bypass surgery

(ESA (European Society of Anaesthesiology)) New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Vienna, Austria (June 1-3, 2019) shows that mortality in patients who had undergone heart bypass surgery was over 4 times higher in individuals with a high body fat mass, while body mass index (BMI) by itself was not associated with an increase in mortality.