Estimated GFR Before and After Bariatric Surgery in CKD.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several reviews have recently detailed the beneficial effects of weight loss surgery for kidney function. However, these studies have a number of limitations, including small sample size, few done in chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 3 and 4, and many not including the main bariatric surgery procedures used in the United States today.

Study design

This was an observational retrospective cohort study comparing propensity score-matched bariatric surgery patients and nonsurgery control patients who were referred for, but did not have, surgery. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy were also compared using propensity matching.

Setting & participants

Patients (714 surgery patients; 714 controls) were from a large integrated health care system,

SUBMITTER: Imam TH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6264887 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature