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SUBMITTER: Sharma P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6126912 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sharma Prabin P McCarty Thomas R TR Ngu Julius N JN O'Donnell Michael M Njei Basile B
AIDS (London, England) 20180901 14
<h4>Objective</h4>Despite rising rates of obesity among patients with HIV, the potential role for weight loss surgery in this population remains less clear. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the role of bariatric surgery on relevant clinical outcomes among hospitalized obese patients with HIV.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective analysis using the United States Nationwide Inpatient Sample database from 2004 to 2014. Using Poisson regression, adjusted incidence risk ratios (IRR) were derived ...[more]