Long-term incidence of serious fall-related injuries after bariatric surgery in Swedish obese subjects.

ABSTRACT: Obesity increases risk of falling, but the effect of bariatric surgery on fall-related injuries is unknown. The aim of this study was therefore to study the association between bariatric surgery and long-term incidence of fall-related injuries in the prospective, controlled Swedish Obese Subjects study. At inclusion, body mass index was???34?kg/m2 in men and ?38?kg/m2 in women. The surgery per-protocol group (n?=?2007) underwent gastric bypass (n?=?266), banding (n?=?376), or vertical banded gastroplasty (n?=?1365), and controls (n?=?2040) received usual care. At the time of analysis (31 December 2013), median follow-up was 19 years (maximal 26 years). Fall-related injuries requiring hospital treatment were captured using data from the Swedish National Patient Register. During follow-up, there were 617 first-time fall-related injuries in the surgery group and 513 in the control group (adjusted hazard ratio 1.21, 95% CI, 1.07-1.36; P?=?0.002). The incidence differed between treatment groups (P?

SUBMITTER: Carlsson LMS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6252168 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature