Bone Health After Bariatric Surgery in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Background: Bone fragility is a complication of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes treatments may ameliorate or deteriorate bone fragility in this population. Bariatric surgery is gaining in popularity in people with type 2 diabetes and may impact bone health.
Objectives: To evaluate the impact of the most popular bariatric procedure worldwide (sleeve gastrectomy (SG)) on vBMD by QCT in patients with type 2 diabetes; Secondary aims: (1) to identify the determinants of vBMD after bariatric surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes; (2) to compare vBMD and its potential determinants after bariatric surgery with obese controls without diabetes as well as with controls without obesity and normoglycemia.
• bariatric groups: men and women; 18 to 60 years old; with a BMI \>=35 kg/m2; with type 2 diabetes: use of oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin OR 2 of the following tests confirming type 2 diabetes: HbA1c \>=6.5%; fasting glucose \>=7.0 mM; 2-h glucose post 75g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) \>=11.1 mM) (guidelines.diabetes.ca);) or without diabetes: HbA1c \<6.5% AND fasting glucose \<7.0 mM; who are awaiting bariatric surgery. Control group: BMI 25.0 to 29.9 kg/m2 (overweight group); without diabetes or prediabetes: HbA1c \<6.0% AND fasting glucose \<6.1 mM (Diabetes Canada criteria), with a stable weight for the last 3 months.