Impact of diabetes on weight loss outcomes after bariatric surgery: Experience from 5-year follow-up of Michigan Bariatric Surgery Cohort

ObjectiveFor patients with obesity and diabetes, bariatric surgery can lead to the remission of both diseases. However, the possible impact of diabetes on the magnitude of weight loss outcomes after bariatric surgery has not been precisely quantified. Research Design and MethodsData from Michigan Bariatric Surgery Cohort (MI-BASiC) was extracted to examine the effect of baseline diabetes on weight loss outcomes. Consecutive patients older than 18 years of age undergoing gastric bypass (GB) or sleeve gastrectomy (SG) for obesity at University of Michigan between January 2008 and November 2013 were included. Repeated measures analysis was used to determine if diabetes was a predictor of weight loss outcomes over 5 years postsurgery. ResultsOut of the 714 included patients, 380 patients underwent GB [mean BMI 47.3 +/- 0.4 kg/m(2), diabetes 149 (39.2%)] and 334 SG [mean BMI 49.9 +/- 0.5 kg/m(2), diabetes 108 (32.3%)]. Multivariable repeated measures analysis showed, after adjusting for covariates, that individuals with diabetes had a significantly lower percentage of total (p = .0023) and excess weight loss (p = .0212) compared to individuals without diabetes. ConclusionsOur data demonstrate that patients with diabetes undergoing bariatric surgery would experience less weight loss than patients without diabetes.