Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Major Adverse Diabetes Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes and Obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There are high-quality randomized clinical trial data demonstrating the effect of bariatric surgery on type 2 diabetes remission, but these studies are not powered to study mortality in this patient group. Large observational studies are warranted to study the association of bariatric surgery with mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Objective

To determine the association between bariatric surgery and all-cause mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes and severe obesity.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, population-based matched cohort study included patients with type 2 diabetes and body mass index (BMI; calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) 35 or greater who underwent bariatric surgery from

SUBMITTER: Doumouras AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8076963 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature