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To the Editor: In their systematic review of bariatric surgery,¹ Dr Buchwald and colleagues refer to the 2-year risk-factor article² from the Swedish Obese Subjects Intervention Study. They state that it showed a decrease in mortality in diabetic patients who had undergone bariatric surgery. This is an error. We must strongly emphasize that no mortality data have yet been published from the Swedish Obese Subjects Intervention Study.

C. David Sjöström, MD, PhD
david.sjostrom@medfak.gu.se
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Göteborg, Sweden

1. Buchwald H, Avidor Y, Braunwald E, et al. Bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA. 2004;292:1724-1737. FREE FULL TEXT 2. Sjöström CD, Lissner L, Wedel H, Sjöström L. Reduction in incidence of diabetes, hypertension and lipid disturbances after intentional weight loss induced by bariatric surgery: the SOS Intervention Study. Obes Res. 1999;7:477-484. ISI | PUBMED

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