Comment on: Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in an Asian bariatric population. An undiagnosed dilemma

The last decade has seen tremendous advances in the field of metabolic and bariatric surgery. Evidence from randomized trials continues to build showing, in addition to obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D) and other diseases improve postoperatively [1 –3] at least partially via weight-independent mechanisms [4–6]. Even though many attribute the degree of obesity with the severity of obesity-associated disease (e.g., diabetes, sleep apnea), this is not necessarily the case. Variables other than weight clearly affect T2D development and severit y.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Editorial comment Source Type: research