Open AccessCardiovascular Risk Factors Following Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy in Black Americans Compared with White Americans
Author(s) -
Joshua S. Speed,
W. Andrew Pruett,
Seth T. Lirette,
Joseph J. Cook,
Charles L. Phillips,
Bernadette E. Grayson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
obesity surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1708-0428
pISSN - 0960-8923
DOI - 10.1007/s11695-020-04938-x
Subject(s) - medicine , sleeve gastrectomy , body mass index , weight loss , obesity , blood pressure , diastole , metabolic syndrome , surgery , gastric bypass
Bariatric surgery presents a long-term solution for clinical obesity. Given that Black Americans (BA) carry a greater burden of obesity-related comorbidities than White Americans (WA), understanding the racial disparities regarding remission of obesity comorbidities following the most common bariatric surgery, sleeve gastrectomy (SG). The goal of the current study was to provide quantitative values related to cardiovascular and lipid outcomes following SG and determine if racial disparities exist between BA and WA.