The association between socioeconomic factors and weight loss 5 years after gastric bypass surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients with low socioeconomic status have been reported to have poorer outcome than those with a high socioeconomic status after several types of surgery. The influence of socioeconomic factors on weight loss after bariatric surgery remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between socioeconomic factors and postoperative weight loss.

Materials and methods

This was a retrospective, nationwide cohort study with 5-year follow-up data for 13,275 patients operated with primary gastric bypass in Sweden between January 2007 and December 2012 (n = 13,275), linking data from the Scandinavian Obesity Surgery Registry, Statistics Sweden, the Swedish National Patient Register, and the Swedish Prescribed Drugs Register. The assessed soci

SUBMITTER: Stenberg E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7577856 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature