The Impact of Obesity Surgery on Serum Uric Acid in People With Severe Obesity: A Retrospective Study.
Leila VafaMasoud AminiHooman KamranLadan AghakhaniSeyed Vahid HosseiniZahra MohammadiNeda HaghighatPublished in: Clinical nutrition research (2023)
Studies indicate an association between hyperuricemia (HUA) and metabolic syndrome risk factors. On the other hand, obesity is a major modifiable and independent risk factor for HUA and gout. However, evidence concerning the effects of bariatric surgery on serum uric acid levels is limited and not completely clarified. This retrospective study was carried out with 41 patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy (n = 26) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (n = 15) from September 2019 to October 2021. Anthropometric, clinical, and biochemical data, including uric acid blood urea nitrogen and creatinine fasting blood sugar (FBS), serum triglyceride (TG), and serum cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), were measured preoperatively and postoperative 3, 6 and 12 months. From baseline to 6 and 12 months, bariatric surgery resulted in a significant decrease in serum uric acid of patients with severe obesity (p < 0.001). The decreases in serum FBS, TG, and cholesterol of patients were significant during 6 and 12 months of follow-up (p < 0.05). However, the HDL increase of patients was not statistically significant in 6 and 12 months (p > 0.05). Besides, although patients' serum level of LDL decreased significantly during the 6 months of follow-up (p = 0.007), it was not significant after 12 months (p = 0.092). Bariatric surgery significantly reduces serum uric acid levels. Therefore, it may be an effective supplementary therapy for lowering serum uric acid concentrations in morbidly obese patients.
Keyphrases
- uric acid
- metabolic syndrome
- bariatric surgery
- obese patients
- insulin resistance
- weight loss
- end stage renal disease
- low density lipoprotein
- chronic kidney disease
- roux en y gastric bypass
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- risk factors
- type diabetes
- prognostic factors
- cardiovascular risk factors
- physical activity
- acute coronary syndrome
- body mass index
- cardiovascular disease
- big data
- adipose tissue
- drug induced