Marta Borges-Canha, João Sérgio Neves, Maria Manuel Silva, Fernando Mendonça, Telma Moreno, Sara Ribeiro, Catarina Vale, Juliana Gonçalves, Helena Urbano Ferreira, Sara Gil-Santos, Raquel Calheiros, Inês Meira, João Menino, Vanessa Guerreiro, Jorge Pedro, Ana Sande, Selma B Souto, Eduardo Lima da Costa, Davide Carvalho, Paula Freitas
BACKGROUND: Bariatric surgery leads to weight loss and to cardiometabolic risk improvement. Although prediabetes remission after bariatric surgery is biologically plausible, data on this topic is scarce. We aimed to assess prediabetes remission rate and clinical predictors of remission in a 4 year follow up period. METHODS: Observational longitudinal study including patients with obesity and prediabetes who had undergone bariatric surgery in our centre. Prediabetes was defined as having a baseline glycated haemoglobin (A1c) between 5...
January 11, 2024: BMC Endocrine Disorders