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Preoperative Level of Leptin Can Be a Predictor of Glycemic Control for Patients with Diabetes Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.

Luisa Ortiz CabreraEduardo Neubarth TrindadeCarine LeiteEverton Hiraiwa AbeggManoel Roberto Maciel Trindade
Published in: Obesity surgery (2020)
The search for factors that influence diabetes control after bariatric surgery is of major importance in clinical practice. Our study reported a level of leptin that can predict the prognosis of glycemic control after the intervention. This finding still needs to be validated and confirmed in other populations.
Keyphrases
  • glycemic control
  • type diabetes
  • weight loss
  • bariatric surgery
  • blood glucose
  • clinical practice
  • insulin resistance
  • randomized controlled trial
  • obese patients
  • patients undergoing
  • metabolic syndrome