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المستخلص
Background: Obesity poses serious health consequences, and bariatric surgery remains the most effective and durable treatment. The goal of this study was to identify early changes in weight parameters, blood pressure, blood glucose level, lipid profile and Health related quality of life. A trial was made to correlate these changes with the degree of weight loss. Methods: A prospective Cohort study was done including 30 obese (BMI {u2265} 40 or {u2265} 35 with comorbidites). Results of investigations werestatistically analyzed before and after surgery. A correlation study was made between lost weight and changes in blood pressure, blood sugar, serum lipids, and quality of life scores. Results: A statistically significant reduction of body weight parameters occurred at 2 weeks and 3 months intervals postoperatively. Blood pressure improved significantly. Twenty-one patients with hyperglycemia showed rapid improvement, but post-prandial hyperglycemia returned in 12 of them 3 months later. As regards dyslipidemia, which was present in nearly 50 % of patients, it improved significantly in most of them. Quality of life scores showed marvelous improvement 2 weeks and particularly 3 months after surgery. There was a correlation between actual total body weight loss and percent change in cholesterol, triglycerides and HDL levels, as well as fasting blood sugar. Highly significant correlation was found between percent changes in excess body weight and changes in quality of life score