Evidence mapPaperPMID 40761612Full record

ArticleDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2025

Impact of Pathological Grades of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease on Weight Loss Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Yun-Fei Qu, Kang Wang, Yue Li, Yu-Gang Cheng, San-Yuan Hu, Ming-Wei Zhong

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Subphenotyping Obesity in Pursuit of Personalized Medicine: The Devil is in the Details.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yun-Fei Qu *Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, 250000, People's Republic of China.
Kang Wang *Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, 250000, People's Republic of China.
Yue LiDepartment of General Surgery, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250000, People's Republic of China.
Yu-Gang ChengDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, 250000, People's Republic of China.
San-Yuan HuDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, 250000, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-0546-9778
Ming-Wei ZhongDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, 250000, People's Republic of China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: The impact of hepatic steatosis severity on postoperative weight loss outcomes remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of fatty liver severity on percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL) in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 226 patients with obesity who underwent LSG. Baseline data included liver biopsy grade (mild, moderate, or severe), body mass index (BMI), liver function, and metabolic parameters. Postoperative outcomes were assessed at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Statistical methods included the Pearson and Spearman correlations, chi-square test, Kruskal-Wallis test, general linear models, Kaplan-Meier analysis, and multivariate regression to identify the predictors of weight loss and cumulative rates of achieving 50% EWL and to plot the cumulative incidence curve. Results: Baseline BMI, homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance, free fatty acids, and A1C levels were significantly associated with steatosis severity (P < 0.05). Severe metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) was associated with a lower %EWL at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months (1 month %EWL: 32.34% vs 38.59% in the mild group; P < 0.05). The Kaplan-Meier analysis showed delayed achievement of 50% EWL in the severe group (P < 0.05). Multivariate regression analysis identified MASLD severity and preoperative BMI as independent predictors of %EWL. General linear models confirmed the significant dynamic effects of MASLD severity on weight loss over time (P < 0.05). Conclusion: MASLD severity significantly affects postoperative weight loss and delays the achievement of optimal outcomes, especially in the early postoperative period. Preoperative evaluation of liver pathology is essential for optimizing surgical outcomes in patients with obese having MASLD.

Indexed as

bariatric surgeryfatty liverinsulin resistanceobesity

Identifiers

PMID40761612
PMCPMC12318865

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.