Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery: Do Clinical and Behavioral Factors Explain Racial Differences?

Christina C WeeDaniel B JonesCaroline ApovianDonald T HessSarah N ChiodiAshley C BourlandRoger B DavisBenjamin SchneiderGeorge L BlackburnEdward R MarcantonioMary Beth Hamel

Published in: Obesity surgery (2018)

African American patients lost significantly less weight than Caucasian patients. Racial differences could not be explained by baseline demographic, clinical, or behavioral characteristics we examined.

Keyphrases

african american
end stage renal disease
weight loss
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
physical activity
roux en y gastric bypass
insulin resistance
gastric bypass
obese patients