Prevalence of clinical thiamine deficiency in individuals with medically-complicated obesity

We described an 18% prevalence of clinical thiamine deficiency after gastric bypass surgery. Our hypotheses are that individuals with medically-complicated obesity frequently have clinical thiamine deficiency and that diabetes mellitus is a mechanism for development of clinical thiamine deficiency. This is a single institution, retrospective observational study of consecutive patients with a body mass index ≥35 kg/m2 who were evaluated in preoperative gastrointestinal bariatric clinic from 2013 to 2015.
Source: Nutrition Research - Category: Nutrition Authors: Source Type: research