However, above 20 percent total weight loss, rates of initial diabetes remission do not increase substantially<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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FRIDAY, Sept. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Remission of type 2 diabetes following bariatric surgery peaks at 20 percent total weight loss (TWL), according to a study published online Sept. 13 in Diabetes Care<\/em>.<\/p>\n Douglas Barthold, Ph.D., from the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues assessed the amount of weight loss necessary to achieve initial remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) following bariatric surgery. The analysis included 5,928 individuals (73 percent female; mean age, 49.8 years; mean body mass index, 43.8 kg\/m2<\/sup>) who had bariatric surgery (57 percent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass), with an average follow-up of 5.9 years.<\/p>\n The researchers found that 71 percent of patients experienced initial remission of T2DM (mean time to remission, 1.0 year). Patients were more likely to remit with each 5 percent increase in TWL until 20 percent TWL (hazard ratio range, 1.97 to 2.92) versus those with 0 to 5 percent TWL. Patients with TWL >25 percent had a likelihood of initial remission similar to those with 20 to 25 percent TWL. Even among patients using insulin at the time of surgery, those who achieved >20 percent TWL were more likely to achieve initial T2DM remission versus patients with 0 to 5 percent TWL.<\/p>\n “Our findings can be used to help providers and patients discuss realistic expectations for weight loss following bariatric surgery and how this will affect their T2DM remission,” the authors write.<\/p>\n One author disclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>\n Abstract\/Full Text (subscription or payment may be required)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/i><\/p>\n