Weight Loss and Health Status 5 Years After Adjustable Gastric Banding in Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This prospective cohort analysis describes changes in weight, cardiometabolic health, and weight-related quality of life (WRQOL) following adolescent LAGB.

Methods

Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (Teen-LABS) collected demographic, anthropometric, micronutrient, cardiometabolic risk, and WRQOL data for 242 adolescents. Data through 5 years were analyzed for 14 participants who underwent LAGB with 2 patients lost to follow-up.

Results

Participants (mean age 18.2 ± 0.4 years) were mostly female (86%) and white (71%) with a median body mass index (BMI) of 48.7 kg/m² (45.5-54.1). Preoperatively, 100%(13/13), 62%(8/13), 57%(8/14), and 7%(1/14) had elevated high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), dyslipidemia, elevated blood press

SUBMITTER: Dewberry LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7205573 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature