Life Expectancy after Bariatric Surgery in the Swedish Obese Subjects Study

This study compared long-term mortality and life expectancy among patients who underwent bariatric surgery or received usual obesity care in the Swedish Obese Subjects study and in persons in the SOS reference study. The adjusted median life expectancy with surgery was 3.0 years longer than in contr...

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Published inNEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE Vol. 383; no. 16; pp. 1535 - 1543
Main Authors Carlsson, Lena M.S, Sjöholm, Kajsa, Jacobson, Peter, Andersson-Assarsson, Johanna C, Svensson, Per-Arne, Taube, Magdalena, Carlsson, Björn, Peltonen, Markku
Format Journal Article Publication
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 15.10.2020
Subjects
Adult
Age
Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric Surgery - mortality
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases
Case-Control Studies
Confidence intervals
Death
Diabetes
Education
epidemiology
Fasting
Female
Gastrointestinal surgery
Glucose
Humans
Hypertension
Intervention
Kirurgi
Life Expectancy
Life span
Longevity
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality
Obesity
Obesity - mortality
Obesity - surgery
Obesity - therapy
Population
Proportional Hazards Models
Prospective Studies
Reoperation
Surgery
Sweden
Sweden - epidemiology
therapy
Weight control
Sweden
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Summary:This study compared long-term mortality and life expectancy among patients who underwent bariatric surgery or received usual obesity care in the Swedish Obese Subjects study and in persons in the SOS reference study. The adjusted median life expectancy with surgery was 3.0 years longer than in control patients but 5.5 years shorter than in the general population.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa2002449