Circulating Levels of Sclerostin Predict Glycemic Improvement after Sleeve Gastrectomy.

ABSTRACT: Among the different effects of bariatric surgery, here we focus on bone-derived inflammatory molecules, and in particular, sclerostin; an osteocyte product potentially associated with cardio-metabolic diseases. In 94 morbidly obese patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG), over-time changes in anthropometric and biochemical measures-including insulin resistance (IR) indexes-were correlated with serum sclerostin levels. Sclerostin was positively associated with anthropometric indexes of obesity, and inversely with IR, namely homeostatic model assessment for peripheral insulin sensitivity (HOMA2%S) (r = -0.218; p = 0.045). Sclerostin emerged as the only significant predictor of HOMA2-%S normalization, independently of demographic and anthropometric variables (OR 1.01 (

SUBMITTER: Carbone F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7918938 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature