Disease-Based Criteria vs BMI Level for Prioritization of Metabolic Surgery
Higher BMI levels do not reflect greater disease burden and mortality risk among candidates for bariatric/metabolic surgery. These findings do not support the use of high BMI-based thresholds (e.g., ≥ 50 kg/m<sup>2</sup>) as criteria for expedited access. Clinically relevant measures of baseline disease burden should be used to determine the urgency of access to surgical treatment of obesity and T2D.
Authors
- Robert D. McIntyre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6459-3293)
- Ghassan Chamseddine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3467-9563)
- Pia Roser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3344-0064)
- Adel M. A. Assiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9505-1510)
- Simone Cremona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4291-9265)
- Lyz Bezerra Silva
- Francesco Rubino
Institutions
- King's College London (GB)
- St Mary's University Twickenham London (GB)
- Hospital Del Mar (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obesity Surgery
- Published
- 2025-05-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-025-07896-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01