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01-12-2013 | Research article
Which criteria should be used to define type 2 diabetes remission after bariatric surgery?
Authors:
Ana M Ramos-Levi, Lucio Cabrerizo, Pilar Matía, Andrés Sánchez-Pernaute, Antonio J Torres, Miguel A Rubio
Published in:
BMC Surgery
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Issue 1/2013
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Abstract
Background
Comparison of diabetes remission rates after bariatric surgery using two different models of criteria.
Methods
Retrospective analysis of data from 110 patients with type 2 diabetes and morbid obesity who underwent bariatric surgery, preoperatively and at 18-month follow-up. Comparison of two models of remission: 1) 2009 consensus statement criteria; 2) simple criteria using ADA’s HbA1c diabetes diagnostic cut-off values.
Results
Patients’ mean ± SD preoperative characteristics were: age 53.3 ± 9.5 years, BMI 43.6 ± 5.5 kg/m2, HbA1c 7.9 ± 1.8%, duration of diabetes 7.6 ± 7.5 years. 44.5% of patients with previous insulin therapy. With 2009 consensus statement criteria: complete, partial and no remission in 50%, 12.7% and 37.3%, respectively; with HbA1c criteria: 50%, 15% and 34.5% in the analogous categories (p = 0.673).
Conclusions
We suggest a simpler approach to evaluate diabetes remission after bariatric surgery, following the rationale of the definition of diabetes itself.