Eligibility criteria for bariatric surgery in diabetes include BMI =35 kg/m(2) and poorly controlled glycemia. However, BMI does not predict diabetes remission, and thus, predictors need to be identified.
Seven hundred twenty-seven patients were included in a database merged from the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study and two randomized controlled studies, with 415 surgical and 312 medical patients in total. Bariatric operations were divided into gastric only (GO) and gastric plus diversion (GD).
Sixty-four percent of patients in the surgical arm and 15.0% in the medical arm experienced diabetes remission (P