Department of Surgery A, Emek Medical Center, 21 Izhak Rabin Blvd, 1834111, Afula, Israel.
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Obes Surg. 2021 Apr;31(4):1882-1886. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-05072-4. Epub 2020 Nov 2.
Previous studies from different countries have shown that ethnic diversity may have an important effect on clinical outcome following bariatric procedures. Israel has an ethnic diverse population but there is limited information about this effect on surgery outcome. We carried out a 3-year institutional, prospective comparative data collection study among Jewish and Arab patients in Israel undergoing primary bariatric surgery. Percent of total weight loss (%TWL) and change in body mass index (BMI) were assessed. The results revealed no difference between Arab and Jewish participants in %TWL nor BMI change. Differences in absolute BMI values were all accounted for by the initial between-group difference in the pre-operative BMI. Comorbidity resolution at 1 year post-surgery was not significantly different between the groups.
先前来自不同国家的研究表明，民族多样性可能对减重手术后的临床结果产生重要影响。以色列是一个民族多元化的国家，但关于这一影响对手术结果的信息有限。我们在以色列进行了一项为期 3 年的机构前瞻性比较数据收集研究，纳入了接受初次减重手术的犹太人和阿拉伯患者。评估了总体重减轻百分比（%TWL）和体重指数（BMI）的变化。结果显示，阿拉伯和犹太参与者在%TWL 或 BMI 变化方面没有差异。BMI 值的绝对差异全部归因于术前 BMI 初始组间差异。手术后 1 年时，两组之间的并发症缓解情况无显著差异。
