Binge eating disorder and medical comorbidities in bariatric surgery candidates.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To determine whether binge eating disorder (BED) status is associated with medical comorbidities in obese adults scheduled for bariatric surgery. METHOD:The study utilized Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery-2 data obtained from six clinical centers around the United States. This is a well-phenotyped cohort of individuals who were evaluated within 30 days before their scheduled surgery using standardized protocols. In the cohort, 350 participants were classified as having BED and 1,875 as not having BED (non-BED). Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine whether BED status was independently related to medical comorbidities. As an exploratory analysis, significance was based on nominal p-values (p?

SUBMITTER: Mitchell JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4980070 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature