Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: long term clinical outcomes

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[1] Wang Y(2007)The obesity epidemic in the United States: gender, age, socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, and geographic characteristics: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis Epidemiol Rev 29 6-28

[2] Beydoun MA(2012)Prevalence of obesity and trends in the distribution of body mass index among US adults, 1999–2010 JAMA 307 491-497

[3] Flegal KM(2000)Obesity as a medical problem Nature 404 635-643

[4] Carroll MD(2002)Obesity and the risk of heart failure N Engl J Med 347 305-313

[5] Kit BK(2006)Abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome Nature 444 881-887

[6] Ogden CL(2006)Mechanisms linking obesity with cardiovascular disease Nature 444 875-880

[7] Kopelman PG(2010)Impact of body mass index and the metabolic syndrome on the risk of cardiovascular disease and death in middle-aged men Circulation 131 230-236

[8] Kenchaiah S(2006)Overweight, obesity, and mortality in a large prospective cohort of persons 50 to 71 years old N Engl J Med 355 763-778

[9] Evans JC(2006)Body mass index and all-cause mortality in a nationwide US cohort Int J Obes 30 822-829

[10] Levy D(2004)Surgery decreases long-term mortality, morbidity, and health care use in morbidly obese patients Ann Surg 240 416-423