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Duodenal-Jejunal Bypass Surgery in Diet-Induced Obese Diabetic Mice
Published on: October 18, 2024
Hypertension and hypercholesterolemia are predictive factors associated with type 2 diabetes persistence after
José Ignacio Martínez-Montoro1, Marta Generoso-Piñar2, Luis Ocaña-Wilhelmi3
1Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, Málaga, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA)-Plataforma Bionand, Málaga, Spain; Faculty of Medicine, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Background:
Metabolic surgery is the most effective therapeutic strategy for the management of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Several preoperative clinical factors have been associated with T2DM remission after metabolic surgery. However, other potential predictors remain unexplored.
Aim:
To assess the role of basal (pre-surgery) clinical and biochemical parameters in T2DM remission after metabolic surgery.
Methods:
A prospective study including 98 patients with T2DM undergoing metabolic surgery was performed. Clinical, anthropometric, and biochemical data were collected at baseline and 1 year following metabolic surgery.
Results:
Patients without T2DM remission 1 year after metabolic surgery presented a longer duration of diabetes and higher glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels; a higher percentage of these subjects were using insulin therapy, antihypertensive drugs, and lipid-lowering therapies before metabolic surgery, compared to those patients with T2DM remission. A lower percentage of T2DM remission after metabolic surgery was observed among patients with hypertension/hypercholesterolemia before surgery, compared to those patients without hypertension/hypercholesterolemia (51.7 % vs 86.8 %, p < 0.001, and 38.5 % vs 75 %, p < 0.001, respectively), and among patients with longer duration of diabetes (≥5 years vs <5 years; 44.4 % vs 83 %, respectively; p < 0.001). In the logistic regression model, diabetes duration, basal HbA1c, and the presence of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia before surgery were inversely related to T2DM remission following metabolic surgery, after adjusting for sex, age, waist circumference, and type of surgery.
Conclusions:
In a cohort of patients with obesity and T2DM, preoperative hypertension and hypercholesterolemia, together with a longer diabetes duration and higher HbA1c concentrations, were independent predictors of T2DM persistence after metabolic surgery.
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