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- Title
Sociodemographic Trends in Bariatric Surgery Utilization in the USA.
- Authors
Pickett-Blakely, O.; Huizinga, M.; Clark, J.
- Abstract
Although bariatric surgery has become more accessible in recent years, it is unclear whether populations disproportionately affected by obesity are utilizing this treatment. A cross-sectional analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample was performed. The sociodemographic characteristics (race, sex, age, insurance, median income), co-morbidities, and weight loss surgery type were analyzed. Bariatric surgeries increased six-fold from 17,678 in 1998 to 112,882 in 2004 ( p < 0.001). Thereafter, bariatric surgeries declined to 93,733 in 2007 ( p = 0.24). The proportion of individuals of Other race undergoing bariatric surgery significantly increased, while the proportion of Whites significantly decreased over time. The proportion of individuals in the lowest income quartile (< $25,000) increased, while those in the highest income percentile (> $45,000) decreased. From 1998 to 2007, the sociodemographic characteristics of the bariatric surgery population have changed, although those that are disproportionately affected by morbid obesity continue to be underrepresented.
- Subjects
BARIATRIC surgery; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; OBESITY treatment; WEIGHT loss; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2012, Vol 22, Issue 5, p838
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-012-0629-9