Asia-Pacific Metabolic & Bariatric Surgical Society (APMBSS) 2011

According to Asia-Pacific Metabolic & Bariatric Surgical Society (APMBSS) 2011, if you reach the below BMI and suffer from the following symptoms, you may have to consider doing bariatric surgery!

* Co-morbidities– IGT, DM, HT, dyslipidaemia, OSA

** Metabolic syndrome – DM, HT, raised TG, low HDL

Reference: US National Institutes of Health (NIH) IFSO-APC consensus statements 2011

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