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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Changes in Trimethylamine-N-oxide Levels in Obese Patients following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass or Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Korean Obesity Surgical Treatment Study (KOBESS).

Soo Jin Lee, Young Suk Park, Yong-Jin Kim, Sang-Uk Han, Geum-Sook Hwang, Yeyoung Han, Yoonseok Heo, Eunyoung Ha, Tae Kyung Ha

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of Weight Loss Interventions on Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolites Linked to Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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  5. Metabolomics: Uncovering Insights into Obesity and Diabetes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Soo Jin LeeDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul 04763, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-5600-1315
Young Suk ParkDepartment of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam 13620, Korea.
Yong-Jin KimDepartment of Surgery, H Plus Yangji Hospital, Seoul 08779, Korea.
Sang-Uk HanDepartment of Surgery, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon 16499, Korea.
Geum-Sook HwangIntegrated Metabolomics Research Group, Western Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, Seoul 24341, Korea.
Yeyoung HanIntegrated Metabolomics Research Group, Western Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, Seoul 24341, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-0134-5644
Yoonseok HeoDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea.
Eunyoung HaDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, Daegu 42601, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-4686-6179
Tae Kyung HaDepartment of Surgery, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04764, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-7320-5507
Korea Basic Science Institute · KRAjou University Hospital · KRHanyang University · KRHanyang University Medical Center · KRInha University · KRKeimyung University · KRSeoul National University Bundang Hospital · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation 2018R1D1A1B07045737
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a gut microbe-dependent metabolite, has been implicated as a novel risk factor for cardiovascular events related to obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis if TMAO is associated with the reduction of cardiovascular disease in the Korean obese patients who underwent bariatric surgery. From a subgroup of a multicenter, nonrandomized, controlled trial, titled KOBESS, 38 obese patients, 18 with and 20 without T2DM, who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) or sleeve gastrectomy (SG) were investigated. Bariatric surgery is indicated for Korean patients with a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 35 kg/m

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bariatric surgerycardiovascular diseasediabetes mellitusobesitytrimethylamine N-oxide

Identifiers

PMID34768610
PMCPMC8584728
OpenAlexW3211019761

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