Association of Bariatric Surgery vs Medical Obesity Treatment With Long-term Medical Complications and Obesity-Related Comorbidities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association of bariatric surgery and specialized medical obesity treatment with beneficial and detrimental outcomes remains uncertain.

Objective

To compare changes in obesity-related comorbidities in patients with severe obesity (body mass index ≥40 or ≥35 and at least 1 comorbidity) undergoing bariatric surgery or specialized medical treatment.

Design, setting, and participants

Cohort study with baseline data of exposures from November 2005 through July 2010 and follow-up data from 2006 until death or through December 2015 at a tertiary care outpatient center, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Norway. Consecutive treatment-seeking adult patients (n = 2109) with severe obesity assessed (221 patients excluded and 1888 patients included).

Exposures

Bariatri

SUBMITTER: Jakobsen GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5833560 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature