Nutritional Risks in Adolescents After Bariatric Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Little is known about prevalence and risk factors for nutritional deficiencies in adolescents after metabolic bariatric surgery. We performed a 5-year prospective cohort study of these.

Methods

Adolescents who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB, n = 161) or vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG, n = 67) were enrolled at 5 tertiary-care centers from March 2007 through February 2012. The final analysis cohort included 226 participants (161 who had RYGB and 65 who had VSG). We measured serum levels of ferritin; red blood cell folate; vitamins A, D, B₁, B₁₂; and parathyroid hormone at baseline and annually for 5 years. General linear mixed models were used to examine changes over time and identify factors associated with nutritional deficiencie

SUBMITTER: Xanthakos SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7166172 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature