Life Expectancy after Bariatric Surgery in the Swedish Obese Subjects Study

BACKGROUND: Obesity shortens life expectancy. Bariatric surgery is known to reduce the long-term relative risk of death, but its effect on life expectancy is unclear. METHODS: We used the Gompertz proportional hazards regression model to compare mortality and life expectancy among patients treated w...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:N Engl J Med
Main Authors: Carlsson, Lena M.S., Sjöholm, Kajsa, Jacobson, Peter, Andersson-Assarsson, Johanna C., Svensson, Per-Arne, Taube, Magdalena, Carlsson, Björn, Peltonen, Markku
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7580786/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33053284
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2002449
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Similar Items