Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Cardiovascular Events, January 4, 2012, Sjöström et al. 307 (1): 56 — JAMA

This is an excellent article from JAMA, related to the reduced risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events after WLS. Below is excerpt of the abstract, followed by the link to the study.

Results Bariatric surgery was associated with a reduced number of cardiovascular deaths (28 events among 2010 patients in the surgery group vs 49 events among 2037 patients in the control group; adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 0.47; 95% CI, 0.29-0.76; P = .002). The number of total first time (fatal or nonfatal) cardiovascular events (myocardial infarction or stroke, whichever came first) was lower in the surgery group (199 events among 2010 patients) than in the control group (234 events among 2037 patients; adjusted HR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.54-0.83; P < .001).

Conclusion Compared with usual care, bariatric surgery was associated with reduced number of cardiovascular deaths and lower incidence of cardiovascular events in obese adults.

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