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Treatment for Vitamin D Deficiency Prior to Bariatric Surgery: a Prospective Cohort Study

Obesity Surgery volume 26, pages 1146–1149 (2016)Cite this article

Abstract

Background

Since obesity increases vitamin D deficiency (VDD) risk, bariatric surgery candidates are high-risk. Previously, we documented 71.4 % VDD at our center.

Objectives

To investigate diagnosis and treatment for VDD in our bariatric candidates.

Methods

25(OH)D, if pending, and supplementation (form, dosing, frequency) were prospectively documented in 265 candidates.

Results

Candidates were 83.0 % female, 48.9 % white, age 43 ± 13 years and BMI 46.3 ± 10.5 kg/m2. 25(OH)D was available for 18.5 %: 35.7 % VDD 39.3 % insufficiency. VDD history did not differ by demographics or procedure, as with those tested versus not.

Conclusion

VDD testing was lower than clinically-indicated. Of those tested, 35.7 % were deficient and 39.3 % insufficient. We previously reported higher rates: 71.4 % deficiency, 92.9 % insufficiency. Thus, many candidates are untested but high-risk.

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  1. The Johns Hopkins Center for Bariatric Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA

    Leigh A. Peterson

  2. The Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, The Global Obesity Prevention Center at Johns Hopkins, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 550 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA

    Lawrence J. Cheskin

  3. The Johns Hopkins Center for Bariatric Surgery, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA

    Michael A. Schweitzer, Thomas H. Magnuson & Kimberley E. Steele

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Peterson, L.A., Cheskin, L.J., Schweitzer, M.A. et al. Treatment for Vitamin D Deficiency Prior to Bariatric Surgery: a Prospective Cohort Study. OBES SURG 26, 1146–1149 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-016-2115-2

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Keywords

  • Vitamin D
  • Dietary supplements
  • Bariatric surgery
  • Gastric bypass
  • Vertical sleeve gastrectomy
  • Obesity