Pitfalls in using BMI as a selection criterion for bariatric surgery

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 347-351

  Livingston, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bariatric surgery; BMI; diabetes; obesity; surgical indications

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84866004949     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: 17522978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e328357f0b8     Document Type: Review

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