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Thursday October 31, 2024
Type 2 diabetes in adolescents is more likely to go into remission than in adults.
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Young people with severe obesity who underwent weight-loss surgery at age 19 or younger saw their obesity-related comorbidities disappear 10 years after their weight-loss surgery, according to the results of a large clinical study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Study participants, with an average age of 17, underwent either gastric sleeve or gastric bypass weight-loss surgery. Participants experienced an average 20% reduction in body mass index after 10 years. They also experienced a 55% reduction in type 2 diabetes and a 57.5% reduction in high blood pressure. Gastric bypass and sleeve gastricectomy produced similar results.
In a recently published NIH-funded study, 55 %s in type 2 diabetics had their levels reduced compared with adults who had weight-loss surgery. The rates for these patients (18 %s after seven years or 12.7 %s after 12 years) were significantly lower. study.
These results show that bariatric surgeries in children and adolescents have greater health benefits and longer lasting effects than similar treatments in adults.
This study is known as Teen LABS (Teen Longitudinal Analysis of Bariatric Surgery)The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institute of Health (NIDDK), through its grants DK072493 and DK072493 and DK095710, and the NIH's National Center for Research Resources and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, TR000077 and TR000114, were also involved.
You can request data relating to the results at NIDDK Repository Central.
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Voula A. Osganian MD A director of pediatric clinical obesity at the NIDDK can comment on the research.
Refer to the following:
Ryder, Justin et al., Results after 10 years of bariatric surgery in adolescents, [2024] New England Journal of Medicine. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2404054
The NIDDK is part of the NIH and conducts research and provides support for renal, urologic, and hematologic diseases, as well as diabetes, endocrine, and metabolic disorders. These diseases affect people from all walks of life and are among the most serious, common, and debilitating conditions Americans face. Visit the NIDDK for more information. https://www.niddk.nih.gov.
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