title: Rate of weight loss after vertical banded gastroplasty in morbid obesity: relationship to serum lipids and uric acid.
abstract: The relationship between postoperative weight loss after vertical banded gastroplasty in morbidly obese patients and preoperative serum triglycerides, cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, uric acid and fasting plasma glucose was evaluated. The rate of weight loss, calculated as a percentage of original weight, was determined at three and six months after surgery. There was a significant correlation between rate of weight loss at three months and preoperative serum uric acid (r = -0.60, p less than 0.01). and also with the total cholesterol: HDL-cholesterol ratio (r = 0.61, P less than 0.01). At six months, the rate of weight loss correlated with preoperative serum triglycerides (r = -0.54, p less than 0.02) and total cholesterol: HDL cholesterol ratio (r = 0.44, p less than 0.05). The reasons for the predictive value of these biochemical parameters is unknown and deserves further study.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001835:Body Weight; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008055:Lipids; D014280:Triglycerides; D014527:Uric Acid; D002784:Cholesterol