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Improvement of Body Composition and Quality of Life Following Intragastric Balloon

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Abstract

Background

The aim is to evaluate the effects of IGB in overweight or class I obese patients, by analyzing body composition and quality of life (QOL).

Methods

Prospective study including patients with BMI 27–34.9 kg/m2.body composition analysis (BCA) was performed before IGB implantation and its removal, after 6 months of treatment. QOL was assessed by the Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health Survey at baseline and after treatment.

Results

Forty patients were included in this study, but four were excluded. The total weight decreased by 12.29 kg after 6 months of use of IGB, which corresponds to loss of 13.69% of the total weight. There was a significant reduction in body fat mass and fat area. QOL improved in all eight sections analyzed (p < 0.001 to 0.041): functional capacity, physical aspects, pain, general health status, vitality, social aspects, emotional aspects, and mental health.

Conclusions

IGB induces not only weight loss but changes in body composition through the reduction of body fat mass and fat area. Furthermore, it improves QOL.

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  1. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 225, 6° andar, bloco 3, São Paulo, SP, 05403-010, Brazil

    Silvia Mansur Reimão, Gabriel Cairo Nunes, Luiz Henrique Mazzonetto Mestieri & Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura

  2. Diabetes Unit, Endocrinology and Metabology Service, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 225, 5° andar, bloco 4B, São Paulo, SP, 05403-010, Brazil

    Maria Elizabeth Rossi da Silva & Rosa Ferreira dos Santos

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All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

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Reimão, S.M., da Silva, M.E.R., Nunes, G.C. et al. Improvement of Body Composition and Quality of Life Following Intragastric Balloon. OBES SURG 28, 1806–1808 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-3209-9

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