ArticleSurgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery2017
Fat-free mass is not lower 24 months postbariatric surgery than nonoperated matched controls.
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- Mid-Term Changes in Quality of Life and Nutritional Habits Following Gastric Bypass: A 24-Month Follow-Up Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Long-term body composition improvement in post-menopausal women following bariatric surgery: a cross-sectional and case-control study.European journal of endocrinology · 2022Article
- Resting Energy Expenditure and Organ-Tissue Body Composition 5 Years After Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2020Article
- Agreement Between Body Composition Assessed by Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Doubly Labeled Water in Obese Women Submitted to Bariatric Surgery : Body Composition, BIA, and DLW.Obesity surgery · 2019Article
- Fat-Free Mass and Skeletal Muscle Mass Five Years After Bariatric Surgery.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2018Article
- Preserving Healthy Muscle during Weight Loss.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2017Review
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objectiveConcerns about an excessive loss of fat-free mass (FFM) after bariatric surgery prompted this comparison of operated versus matched nonoperated controls regarding FFM.
settingUniversity Hospital and University Research Unit in an urban medical center.
methodsBody composition with bioelectric impedance (Tanita 310, Tanita Corp, Arlington Heights, IL) was measured approximately 2 years after bariatric surgery in weight stable patients and nonoperated weight stable controls matched for body mass index (BMI), gender, and age. t tests provided comparisons. Analysis of variance was used to compare FFM changes for 4 procedures. Levene's test evaluated variance.
resultsPatients (n = 252; 24.7±15 mo after surgery) and nonoperated controls (n = 252) were matched for gender (71.8% female), age (44.5±11.0 yr), and BMI (32.8±7.0 kg/m
conclusionWeight-reduced bariatric surgery patients have greater FFM compared with nonoperated matched controls. These findings support surgically assisted weight loss as a physiologic process and in general patients do not suffer from excessive FFM depletion after bariatric procedures.
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