AGE AND GENDER MAY INFLUENCE THE RESULTS OF ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS? Metabolic syndrome parameters

Context Severe obesity affects the body favoring the development of serious diseases, including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis and non alcoholic fatty liver disease. Bariatric procedures increased in Brazil in the last decade. Objectives The purpose of this study was to verify if...

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Main Authors: Stephan Garcia ANDRADE-SILVA, Danielle Arisa CARANTI, José Afonso SALLET, Lucas Pedroso Fernandes Ferreira LEAL, Antonio Joaquim Ferreira LEAL, Ana Raimunda DÂMASO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2014-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032014000300171&lng=en&tlng=en