Remission and progression of pre-existing micro- and macroalbuminuria over 15 years after bariatric surgery in Swedish Obese Subjects study

• Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 535 - 546
• Main Authors: Shulman, A., Andersson-Assarsson, J. C., Sjöström, C. D., Jacobson, P., Taube, M., Sjöholm, K., le Roux, C. W., Peltonen, M., Carlsson, L. M. S., Svensson, P.-A.
• Format: Journal Article Publication
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.03.2021; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/699/1585; 692/699/2743/393; Adult; Albumins; Albuminuria; Albuminuria - complications; Albuminuria - epidemiology; Albuminuria - physiopathology; Bariatric Surgery - statistics & numerical data; Care and treatment; Damage; Disease Progression; End-stage renal disease; Epidemiology; Epidermal growth factor receptors; Female; Fish oils; Gastric bypass; Gastrointestinal surgery; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Humans; Incidence; Internal Medicine; Kidney diseases; Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications; Kidney Failure, Chronic - epidemiology; Kidney Failure, Chronic - physiopathology; Kirurgi; Long-term effects; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity - surgery; Patient outcomes; Patients; Public Health; Remission; Remission (Medicine); Surgery; Sweden; Treatment Outcome; Sweden

Background Bariatric surgery reduces incidence of albuminuria and end-stage renal disease in patients with obesity. Effects of bariatric surgery on long-term remission and progression of pre-existing obesity-related renal damage are mainly unexplored. Here we investigate the long-term effects of bar...