Takeaway
- Bariatric surgery is associated with lower long-term risk for major cardiovascular events, incident heart failure, and mortality in patients with obesity.
Why this matters
- Bariatric surgery may be an effective means of improving long-term cardiovascular outcomes of patients with obesity.
Study design
- A nested cohort study included 3701 obese patients who underwent bariatric surgery and 3701 matched controls using data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD).
- Primary outcome: major cardiovascular events (fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke).
- Funding: National Institute for Health Research Imperial Biomedical Research Centre.
Key results
- Bariatric surgery vs control group had a significantly lower risk for major cardiovascular events (HR, 0.410, 95% CI, 0.274-0.615; P<.001).
- This was mainly driven by a reduction in myocardial infarction (HR, 0.412; 95% CI, 0.280-0.606; P<.001) and not acute ischaemic stroke (HR, 0.536; 95% CI, 0.164-1.748; P=.301).
- The risk for incident heart failure (HR, 0.403; 95% CI, 0.181-0.897; P=.026) and all-cause mortality (HR, 0.254; 95% CI, 0.183-0.353; P<.001) was lower in bariatric surgery vs control group.
Limitations
- Retrospective design.
- Lack of access to causes of mortality.
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