title: Traffic Crash Risks in Morbidly Obese Drivers Before and After Weight Loss Surgery.
abstract: Morbidly obese drivers have a higher risk of road crashes because of associated conditions such as obstructive sleep apnea. We assessed whether weight loss surgery has an impact on subsequent road crash risks in morbidly obese drivers. Our longitudinal self-matched cohort analyses suggest that road crash risks are three times higher in morbidly obese drivers than the population norm. Yet, weight loss surgery yields no significant reductions in crash risks. We found similar results in patients not previously diagnosed with sleep disorders, suggesting the need to clarify the relationship of obesity with road crash risk.
authors.affiliation: Sunnybrook Research Institute, 2075 Bayview Avenue, G106, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada. junaid.bhatti@ices.on.ca.|Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. junaid.bhatti@ices.on.ca.|Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada. junaid.bhatti@ices.on.ca.
authors.forename: Junaid A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bhatti
authors.affiliation: Sunnybrook Research Institute, 2075 Bayview Avenue, G106, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada.|Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada.
authors.forename: Avery B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Nathens
authors.affiliation: Sunnybrook Research Institute, 2075 Bayview Avenue, G106, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada.|Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Donald A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Redelmeier
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012307:Risk Factors; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Driving; Injury; Traffic accidents