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Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Durability of Weight Loss.

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Maciejewski, ML; Arterburn, DE; Van Scoyoc, L; Smith, VA; Yancy, WS; Weidenbacher, HJ; Livingston, EH; Olsen, MK
Published in: JAMA Surg
November 1, 2016

IMPORTANCE: Bariatric surgery induces significant weight loss for severely obese patients, but there is limited evidence of the durability of weight loss compared with nonsurgical matches and across bariatric procedures. OBJECTIVES: To examine 10-year weight change in a large, multisite, clinical cohort of veterans who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) compared with nonsurgical matches and the 4-year weight change in veterans who underwent RYGB, adjustable gastric banding (AGB), or sleeve gastrectomy (SG). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: In this cohort study, differences in weight change up to 10 years after surgery were estimated in retrospective cohorts of 1787 veterans who underwent RYGB from January 1, 2000, through September 30, 2011 (573 of 700 eligible [81.9%] with 10-year follow-up), and 5305 nonsurgical matches (1274 of 1889 eligible [67.4%] with 10-year follow-up) in mixed-effects models. Differences in weight change up to 4 years were compared among veterans undergoing RYGB (n = 1785), SG (n = 379), and AGB (n = 246). Data analysis was performed from September 9, 2014, to February 12, 2016. EXPOSURES: Bariatric surgical procedures and usual care. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Weight change up to 10 years after surgery through December 31, 2014. RESULTS: The 1787 patients undergoing RYGB had a mean (SD) age of 52.1 (8.5) years and 5305 nonsurgical matches had a mean (SD) age of 52.2 (8.4) years. Patients undergoing RYGB and nonsurgical matches had a mean body mass index of 47.7 and 47.1, respectively, and were predominantly male (1306 [73.1%] and 3911 [73.7%], respectively). Patients undergoing RYGB lost 21% (95% CI, 11%-31%) more of their baseline weight at 10 years than nonsurgical matches. A total of 405 of 564 patients undergoing RYGB (71.8%) had more than 20% estimated weight loss, and 224 of 564 (39.7%) had more than 30% estimated weight loss at 10 years compared with 134 of 1247 (10.8%) and 48 of 1247 (3.9%), respectively, of nonsurgical matches. Only 19 of 564 patients undergoing RYGB (3.4%) regained weight back to within an estimated 5% of their baseline weight by 10 years. At 4 years, patients undergoing RYGB lost 27.5% (95% CI, 23.8%-31.2%) of their baseline weight, patients undergoing AGB lost 10.6% (95% CI, 0.6%-20.6%), and patients undergoing SG lost 17.8% (95% CI, 9.7%-25.9%). Patients undergoing RYGB lost 16.9% (95% CI, 6.2%-27.6%) more of their baseline weight than patients undergoing AGB and 9.7% (95% CI, 0.8%-18.6%) more than patients undergoing SG. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Patients in the Veterans Administration health care system lost substantially more weight than nonsurgical matches and sustained most of this weight loss in the long term. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass induced significantly greater weight loss among veterans than SG or AGB at 4 years. These results provide further evidence of the beneficial association between surgery and long-term weight loss that has been demonstrated in shorter-term studies of younger, predominantly female populations.

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JAMA Surg

DOI

EISSN

2168-6262

Publication Date

November 1, 2016

Volume

151

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1046 / 1055

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Weight Loss
  • Weight Gain
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  • United States
  • Time Factors
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Obesity, Morbid
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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Maciejewski, M. L., Arterburn, D. E., Van Scoyoc, L., Smith, V. A., Yancy, W. S., Weidenbacher, H. J., … Olsen, M. K. (2016). Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Durability of Weight Loss. JAMA Surg, 151(11), 1046–1055. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2016.2317
Maciejewski, Matthew L., David E. Arterburn, Lynn Van Scoyoc, Valerie A. Smith, William S. Yancy, Hollis J. Weidenbacher, Edward H. Livingston, and Maren K. Olsen. “Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Durability of Weight Loss.JAMA Surg 151, no. 11 (November 1, 2016): 1046–55. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2016.2317.
Maciejewski ML, Arterburn DE, Van Scoyoc L, Smith VA, Yancy WS, Weidenbacher HJ, et al. Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Durability of Weight Loss. JAMA Surg. 2016 Nov 1;151(11):1046–55.
Maciejewski, Matthew L., et al. “Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Durability of Weight Loss.JAMA Surg, vol. 151, no. 11, Nov. 2016, pp. 1046–55. Pubmed, doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2016.2317.
Maciejewski ML, Arterburn DE, Van Scoyoc L, Smith VA, Yancy WS, Weidenbacher HJ, Livingston EH, Olsen MK. Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Durability of Weight Loss. JAMA Surg. 2016 Nov 1;151(11):1046–1055.

Published In

JAMA Surg

DOI

EISSN

2168-6262

Publication Date

November 1, 2016

Volume

151

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1046 / 1055

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Weight Loss
  • Weight Gain
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  • United States
  • Time Factors
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Obesity, Morbid
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans