ea0077p202 | Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes | SFEBES2021
Efthymiadis Agathoklis
, Vasan Senthil K
, Tan Garry D
, Karpe Fredrik
Introduction: Eligibility for bariatric surgery in the Unighted Kingdom is based on specific body mass index (BMI) thresholds and the presence of obesity-associated complications. Patients with partial lipodystrophy (LD) often have an abundance of metabolic and cardiovascular complications, but their abdominal adiposity does not always substantially increase BMI. The consequence is that patients with LD may be inappropriately excluded from obesity treatments when judged by BMI...