Lung Function in Bariatric Surgery Candidates

China-Japan Friendship Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity; Lung Function Decreased

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06421168

CJBariatric006

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to retrospectively investigate the impact of body mass index on lung function metrics, e.g. FEV1%, FVC%, FEV1/FVC%.

Enrollment: 1,834 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects with obesity (BMI ≥ 27.5 kg/m2 according to Chinese guidelines, guidelines from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders);
• Age > 16 years;
• Complete preoperative pulmonary function tests

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with a history of lung surgery and/or respiratory diseases (e.g. asthma, pulmonary emphysema, and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis).