Effects of Biliopanceratic Diversion on Type 2 Diabetes in Patients With BMI 25 to 35

Abstract

BPD improves or resolves diabetes in BMI 25 to 35 without causing excessive weight loss, its action being on insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function. The strikingly different response between morbidly obese and low BMI patients might depend on different beta-cell defect. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00996294.