AB008. OP-8 The relationship between smoking and body fat percentage of obese individuals before laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
Abstract

AB008. OP-8 The relationship between smoking and body fat percentage of obese individuals before laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

Cansu Arslan1, Mustafa Atabey2

1Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Medicana Hospital, Sivas, Turkey;2Department of General Surgery, Biruni University, İstanbul, Turkey

Correspondence to: Cansu Arslan. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Medicana Hospital, Sivas, Turkey. Email: cansuarslan409@gmail.com.

Background: Obesity is a common worldwide public health problem. With the ever rising prevalence of obesity metabolic, cardiovascular and socio-psychological problems are increasing as well. It is aimed to analyze how smoking concomitant affects the rate of incidence of these conditions and changes in body fat percentage.

Methods: Between 2018–2019 forty patients who were admitted for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy during the postoperative period were reviewed retrospectively. Twenty-four-hour food consumption was recorded and divided into two groups as smokers and non-smokers. Body fat percentages were evaluated by body analysis of both groups.

Results: It was observed that 47.5% (n=19) of the 40 patients smoked while 52.5% (n=21) of them did not smoke. The mean body fat percentage of the smokers was calculated as 39.76% (n=19, min=32%, max =51.1%) and the mean body fat percentage of non-smokers was calculated as 43.25% (n=21, min =27.3%, max =52.5%). Body fat percentage being lower was found to be statistically significant in smokers (P<0.001).

Conclusions: When the patients in our study group were evaluated, it was observed that non-smoker patients had higher body fat percentage than smoker patients. It was determined that further studies are needed to reveal the relationship between smoking and body fat percentage in broader patient groups.

Keywords: Body fat percentage; obesity; smoking


Footnote

Provenance and Peer Review: This abstract is included in “Abstracts from the 3rd Turkish National Congress on Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, 21st-24th November 2019, Antalya-Turkey”, which is commissioned by the Guest Editor (Mehmet Mahir Özmen) for the series “Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery” published in Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery. This abstract did not undergo external peer review.

Conflicts of Interest: Both authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/ales-2019-bms-19). The series “Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery” was commissioned by the editorial office without any funding or sponsorship. The authors have no other conflicts of interest to declare.

Ethical Statement: The authors are accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

doi: 10.21037/ales-2019-bms-19
Cite this abstract as: Arslan C, Atabey M. OP-8 The relationship between smoking and body fat percentage of obese individuals before laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Ann Laparosc Endosc Surg 2020;5:AB008.

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