Research
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Gastric bypass patients had an 85% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to non-operated patients with obesity during the first six years of follow-up.
Gastric bypass surgery significantly reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes in obese patients, especially in the first six years post-surgery.
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Gastric bypass patients had 85% lower risk of diabetes compared to non-operated patients with obesity during the first six years of follow-up (HR 0.15; 95% CI 0.13-0.17).
Why this rating
Based on a large cohort study design.
Source
Incidence of type 2 diabetes after gastric by-pass surgery in a Swedish controlled cohort study
Shabbar Jamaly et al. · Obesity Research & Clinical Practice · 2024
cohort · n=71495Cited 3×
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