Bariatric Surgery and Incident Development of Obesity-Related Comorbidities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

As obesity rates rise in the US, managing associated metabolic comorbidities presents a growing burden to the health care system. While bariatric surgery has shown promise in mitigating established metabolic conditions, no large studies have quantified the risk of developing major obesity-related comorbidities after bariatric surgery.

Objective

To identify common metabolic phenotypes for patients eligible for bariatric surgery and to estimate crude and adjusted incidence rates of additional metabolic comorbidities associated with bariatric surgery compared with weight management program (WMP) alone.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, multicenter cohort study used data from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Corporate Data Warehouse,

SUBMITTER: Bader AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12421336 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature