Effect of weight loss on the retinochoroidal structural alterations among patients with exogenous obesity.
Aniruddha AgarwalArshiya SainiSarakshi MahajanRupesh AgrawalCarol Y CheungPankaj MalhotraRajesh GuptaYu Meng WangMichael KwanVishali Guptanull nullPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Subclinical changes in retinochoroidal vasculature occurs in participants with exogenous obesity compared to healthy subjects. Surgical intervention (bariatric surgery) may have a favorable outcome on the choroidal thickness in these patients.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- roux en y gastric bypass
- end stage renal disease
- metabolic syndrome
- gastric bypass
- obese patients
- insulin resistance
- optical coherence tomography
- ejection fraction
- type diabetes
- weight gain
- randomized controlled trial
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- patient reported outcomes
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- age related macular degeneration
- body mass index
- optic nerve