Weight loss after Swedish Adjustable Gastric Banding: relationships to insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome

• Published in: Obesity surgery Vol. 12; no. 6; pp. 841 - 845
• Main Authors: Gazzaruso, Carmine, Giordanetti, Stefano, La Manna, Antonella, Celsa, Marco, De Amici, Emanuela, Turpini, Chiara, Catona, Antonio, Fratino, Pietro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Nature B.V 01.12.2002
• Subjects: Adult; Body Weight - physiology; Female; Gastroplasty - methods; Humans; Insulin resistance; Longitudinal Studies; Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology; Metabolic Syndrome - physiopathology; Obesity; Postoperative Period; Prevalence

The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors (central obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, disturbance in glucose metabolism) associated with insulin-resistance. The cluster of risk factors defining the metabolic syndrome increases cardiovascular risk more than each single comp...