Surgery

Research on surgery described by E.Y. Chen and colleagues

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, October 5th, 2009

According to a study from the United States, "The aim of this study was to determine if presurgery (T1), post-surgery (T2), or the change in body mass index (BMI) between these time points are useful predictors for predicting longer-term (T3) outcome in gastric bypass surgery. The sample consisted of 72 gastric bypass surgery patients with an average age of 40.5."

"The mean presurgery BMI was 54.7 (SD = 8.6). T2 assessments (BMI, depressed mood, binge eating status) occurred on average 21 weeks (SD = 19) after surgery and T3 assessments occurred on average 63 weeks (SD = 34) after surgery. Three separate hierarchical linear regressions were performed to assess the...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2009-10-05)

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