The risk of sarcopenia 24 months after bariatric surgery - assessment by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA): a prospective study.

As for DEXA parameters ( Figure 1 , Table II ), highly significant changes ( p < 0.001) were observed for FMI, 19.5 ±4.7 vs. 12.1 ±3.7 kg/m 2 , Est VAT, 235.8 ±70.0 vs. 126.5 ±50.4 cm 2 , LMI 22.1 ±2.4 vs. 18.1 ±2.3 kg/m 2 , ALMI 9.7 ±1.3 vs. 7.7 ±1.1 kg/m 2 , BMC 1.22 ±0.1 vs. 1.12 ±0.1 kg, Z score – for age under 50 (2.32 vs. 0.96) and T score – for age above 50 (0.58 vs. –0.58).

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