Weight-Loss Surgery May Reduce Heart Risks in People With Type 2 Diabetes
Read all about it.. not strictly DS
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"Now a new study suggests that bariatric surgery may also have other significant health benefits, cutting the overall risk of serious cardiovascular events and premature death by almost half.
"The investigators found that over a period of eight years, 30.8 percent of patients who had weight-loss surgery either died or developed one of the conditions, compared with 47.7 percent of patients who did not have surgery, a 40 percent reduction.
"Surgery patients were also 41 percent less likely to die of any cause during the study period: Ten percent died, compared with 17.8 percent of the patients who did not have surgery.
But take it with a grain of salt ... the study was observational, not an RCT. They note
"because people who elect to undergo weight-loss surgery are in many ways different from those who do not. Surgical patients are highly motivated, for instance, and healthy enough that surgeons do not turn them away."
One of the first times i've heard the super morbidly obese individual category called healthy and highly motivated
Read all about it.. not strictly DS
Weight-Loss Surgery May Reduce Heart Risks in People With Type 2 Diabetes (Published 2019)
A review of patient records finds startling differences, but critics say a clinical trial must be done.
"Now a new study suggests that bariatric surgery may also have other significant health benefits, cutting the overall risk of serious cardiovascular events and premature death by almost half.
"The investigators found that over a period of eight years, 30.8 percent of patients who had weight-loss surgery either died or developed one of the conditions, compared with 47.7 percent of patients who did not have surgery, a 40 percent reduction.
"Surgery patients were also 41 percent less likely to die of any cause during the study period: Ten percent died, compared with 17.8 percent of the patients who did not have surgery.
But take it with a grain of salt ... the study was observational, not an RCT. They note
"because people who elect to undergo weight-loss surgery are in many ways different from those who do not. Surgical patients are highly motivated, for instance, and healthy enough that surgeons do not turn them away."
One of the first times i've heard the super morbidly obese individual category called healthy and highly motivated
