DIABETES DIGEST – Nov. 10, 2014 – With many studies showing that weight-loss surgery in obese patients can cure them of type 2 diabetes, many researchers are now looking to see if the surgery for overweight and obese people can prevent type 2 diabetes.
Noting that more than 80 percent of adults with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese, British researchers led by Martin Gulliford, professor of Public Health at King's College, London, used medical records to see if people
treated for obesity with surgery had reduced new diagnoses of type 2 diabetes compared with people who did not have the surgery. The study was published in the Nov. 3, 2014 The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
Using electronic health records from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink, the researchers identified 2,167 obese adults without diabetes who underwent one of three surgical procedures (laparoscopic adjustable banding, sleeve gastrectomy, or gastric bypass) for weight loss from 2002 onwards.
These participants were compared with 2,167 similar people matched for age, sex, BMI, and blood sugar control (measured as HbA1c) who did not have surgery or other obesity treatments. Participants were followed up for a maximum of 7 years (median 2.8 years).
There were 38 new diagnoses of diabetes among participants who had weight-loss surgery, compared with 177 in those who did not have surgery.
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