title: Triggers to offering bariatric surgery in  the management of type 2 diabetes.
abstract: It is unclear how current guidelines suggesting bariatric surgery as a therapeutic option for management of obesity complicated by type 2 diabetes mellitus are utilised in clinical practice. Of 609 patients with T2DM assessed in this study, 147 had a BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2; and of these 147, patients where bariatric surgery had been discussed as compared to those where it had not been discussed, had a higher BMI (44.4 ± 6.8 kg/m2 versus 40.3 ± 5.2 kg/m2, p < 0.005). Diabetes related factors did not differ between the two groups.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Depczynski
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Poynten
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fazekas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D055815:Young Adult