Bariatric surgery, or obesity surgery, prevents heart attacks and strokes in patients with type 2 diabetes. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by scientists from the Cleveland Clinic (Ohio, USA) and published in The JAMA journal.
Excessive body weight, especially obesity disease in the third stage of its development, are confirmed factors in the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. A body mass index (BMI) greater than 40 is considered life-threatening. This BMI index is an indication for the patient to undergo bariatric surgery. Scientists from the clinic in Cleveland set out to check whether performing bariatric surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes prevents them from developing a heart attack and stroke.
For this purpose, researchers analyzed the data of 13,722 patients, of whom 2,287 underwent bariatric surgery. Then they paired the study population in the relationship: 1: 5 (one person with a history of surgery and 5 without) and compared the results in terms of cardiovascular events during an average of 4 years of follow-up.
The analysis showed that deaths, heart attacks and strokes, atrial fibrillation and heart failure were significantly less common among people undergoing bariatric treatment. This means that in people with obesity and type 2 diabetes, undergoing bariatric surgery by as much as 39% reduces the risk of these events.
In addition, the study showed that deaths from any cause were significantly less frequent in the research group.
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