Trends in bariatric surgeries in the Brazilian Federative Units, 2009-2019: a descriptive study.

Rev Col Bras Cir · 2022 · PMC10578865 · PMID 36350881

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We found an increasing trend in the number of surgeries for Brazil (β=0.04; p<0.001), but 11 FUs showed a stationary trend and three, decreasing ones (six UFs did not have enough data to enter the analysis).

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

However, this was not true for most FUs, as most states showed a stationary trend, with three states showing a decreasing trend.

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