Advantages of percent weight loss as a method of reporting weight loss after Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass
Abstract
Objective Although Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is an effective treatment for severe obesity, weight loss (WL) after this operation is highly variable. Accurate predictors of outcome would thus be useful in identifying those patients who would most benefit from this invasive therapy. WL has been characterized using several different metrics, including the number of BMI units lost (ΔBMI), percent baseline WL (%WL), and percent excess body WL...
Paper Details
Title
Advantages of percent weight loss as a method of reporting weight loss after Roux‐en‐Y gastric bypass
Published Date
May 13, 2013
Journal
Volume
21
Issue
8
Pages
1519 - 1525
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