Eighteen percent of patients with morbid obesity fulfilled the criteria for MHMO. Although cardiovascular risk factors in these patients were within normal range, an improvement in all these factors was observed 1 year after bariatric surgery. Thus, from a metabolic point of view, MHMO patients benefited from bariatric surgery.
W. K. J.Guillermo Alfredo Cook
A. M. de la TorreJ. León MeraIsaac J. BarreraRemigio Crespo Toral