… with a body mass index of 35 or greater who underwent bariatric surgery at a US health …
not be generalizable to individuals in other racial and ethnic groups who were rare in the current …

… the known disparity seen in patients receiving bariatric surgery endured in those patients that
… Racial disparities within the United States health care system are pervasive and persistent. …

… Studies have shown significant racial and ethnic disparities in obesity prevalence and
bariatric surgery among US adults. Mainous et al 27 analyzed subjects eligible for …

… obesity. The primary objectives of this analysis were to determine the (1) current US MBS
utilization rates in those with class II/III obesity … metabolic and bariatric surgery by ethnic group, …

… in the USA, yet the rate of metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) for weight loss remains …
outcomes remain notable between racial and ethnic groups [1,2,3]. According to the Centers for …

… (24.4%) while controlling for age, gender, race, service payor, … to undergo surgery. Our
study finds that the Northeast region of the United States performed many more bariatric surgery …

… of morbid obesity. It has … differences on the outcomes of bariatric surgery. We conducted
this metaanalysis to outline the effects of ethnic differences on the outcomes of bariatric surgery, …

… -is the relatively low mortality associated with bariatric surgery. The population-based in-hospital
mortality after common operations in United States hospitals for aortic aneurysms (3.9%)…

… We used them to examine racial disparities in MBS over a 5-y period. … the disparities across
race and ethnicity, inpatient versus outpatient care, and across years. This gave us our crude …

… of patients undergoing bariatric surgery in the USA have concluded that the procedure is …
data from Michigan to explore disparities in the use of bariatric surgery by gender, race, and …