Association of bariatric surgery with long-term remission of type 2 diabetes and with microvascular and macrovascular complications.

Sjöström, Lars; Peltonen, Markku; Jacobson, Peter; Ahlin, Sofie; Andersson-Assarsson, Johanna; Anveden, Åsa; Bouchard, Claude; Carlsson, Björn; Karason, Kristjan; Lönroth, Hans; Näslund, Ingmar; Sjöström, Elisabeth; Taube, Magdalena; Wedel, Hans; Svensson, Per-Arne; Sjöholm, Kajsa; M S Carlsson, Lena

doi:10.1001/jama.2014.5988

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Association of bariatric surgery with long-term remission of type 2 diabetes and with microvascular and macrovascular complications.

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Authors:

Lars Sjöström

Markku Peltonen

Peter Jacobson

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Short-term studies show that bariatric surgery causes remission of diabetes. The long-term outcomes for remission and diabetes-related complications are not known. OBJECTIVES: To determine the long-term diabetes remission rates and the cumulative incidence of microvascular and macrovascu...

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