Alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related mortality after metabolic bariatric surgery: prospective controlled cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A body of evidence supports a link between metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS) and alcohol use disorder (AUD), while the possible contribution to alcohol-related mortality remains unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the association between MBS and the risk of AUD and alcohol-related mortality over up to 35 years.

Methods

The Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study enrolled 2007 participants with severe obesity who underwent MBS and 2040 matched controls (median follow-up 25.2 years). Patients in the surgery group underwent gastric bypass (GBP; 266 patients), gastric banding (376 patients), or vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG; 1365 patients). The matched controls received the customary treatment for severe obesity at their primary healthcare centres. Data on AU

SUBMITTER: Sjoholm K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12509842 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature