Objective:To investigate the correlation between BMI and lung injury degree in acute lung injury of rats. Methods:A total of 60 male sprague-dawley (SD )rats were randomly divided into control group(C),Oleic acid-treated group(OA),control-hperlipi-demia(C-H) group,and Oleic acid-hperlipidemia(O-A) group. Acute lung injury was induced by injection of OA,O-A(does,0.15 ml/kg) via intravenous vein. Rats were killed at scheduled time-points and the Lung tissues were removed for lung pathology and determination of wet/dry weight ratio(W/D),nuclear factor-kb(NF-κB) expression,inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1β(IL-1β),and tumor necrosis factor α(TNF-α). Results:In O-H group,the pathology of lung injury score,IL-1β and TNF-α were significant-ly increased,as compared with the OA group (P<0.05). The above lung tissue expression of NF-κB mRNA in O-H group were also significantly increased than OA group. Conclusion:Under the same dose of oleic acid induction,the mRNA and the level of inflam-matory cytokines suggest that BMI levels and lung injury were positively correlated with each other.