Endocrine Abstracts

Context: Bariatric surgery can lead to vitamin deficiencies.Objective: To assess changes in blood vitamin concentrations after gastric bypass surgery.Design: Twenty-nine patients underwent gastric bypass and 24 unmatched controls underwent lifestyle intervention in a prospective, non-randomised trial. Patients in the surgical group received multivitamin, iron, calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin B-12 supplements. No supplements were pr...