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Baseline Bmi, Gender, & Age As Predictive Factors For Intragastric Balloon Weight Loss Outcomes, Nirali Shah, Miranda A. Myers-Burton
Baseline Bmi, Gender, & Age As Predictive Factors For Intragastric Balloon Weight Loss Outcomes, Nirali Shah, Miranda A. Myers-Burton
Physician Assistant Capstones, 2020-current
Objective: To determine whether obese and morbidly obese patients aged 18-75 with a lower baseline BMI (BMI 30-39.9 kg/m2) who received an intragastric balloon (IGB), have a higher percentage of total body weight loss (%TBWL) and percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL) compared to those with a higher baseline BMI (BMI > 40 kg/m2). Secondary objective was to ascertain whether gender and age are also predictors of weight loss outcomes following an IGB procedure.
Design: Systematic literature review
Methods: Literature searches of PubMed and SpringerLink were conducted using the search terms: “intragastric balloon, weight loss, and “BMI” and then limited to …