Carotid intima-media thickness before and after bariatric surgery
Completed
- Conditions
- fatnessObesity100184241001799810003216
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON36187
- Lead Sponsor
- Maasstadziekenhuis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
Age between 18 en 60 years
BMI > 40 kg/m2 or BMI > 35 kg/m2 with co-morbidity (DM, cardiac or lung problems, joint complaints)
Several registrated efforts of weightloss, guarded by a dietician
Exclusion Criteria
Leeftijd < 18 en > 60 jaar
Personality disorderd / alcohol- and drugsabuse
< 5 years of adiposity
No serious attempts of weightloss
Obesity caused by hormonal or metabolic disorders, no willingness for analysis of such disorders or lifelong check-ups
Change in medication to prevent atherosclerosis (statins).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Reduction of carotid intima-media thickness after bariatric surgery.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- Reduction of visceral fat mass after bariatric surgery<br /><br>- Anthropometric measurements and bloodpressure before and after bariatric<br /><br>surgery<br /><br>- Glucose, lipids and cholesterol profile before and after bariatric surgery<br /><br>- Differences between the measurements and the three different types of<br /><br>bariatric surgery.</p><br>