Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The prevalence of obesity is on the rise worldwide, including morbid obesity. It is responsible for many complications: metabolic, cardiovascular, respiratory, osteo-articular and psychiatric.

Aim: The aim of the study is to compare the metabolic profile of patients with morbid obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m²) with patients with moderate to severe obesity (BMI: 30 to 39.9 kg/m²).Patients and methodsThis was a retrospective case-control study including 362 obese patients (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²).These patients were divided into 2 groups. Group (G1) included 262 patients with a BMI between 30 and 39.9 kg/m², and group (G2) included 100 patients with a BMI ≥ 40 kg/m².

Results: The average age of our patients was 55.12 years in G1 and 51.28 years in G2.A female predominance is noted in both groups. The average Body Mass Index in G1 was 32.5 kg/m² and 43.39 kg/m² in G2. Average waist circumference was higher in G2 (132.5 cm vs 108.46 cm). The prevalence of diabetes was 88.93% (G1) and 79% (G2) (P=0.2). The prevalence of dyslipidemia was 74.04% (G1) and 73% (G2) (P=0.3). Hepatic steatosis was present in 6.87% of cases in G1 and in 7% of cases in G2 (P= 0.2). Hyperuricemia was present in 13.7% of cases (G1) and in 15% of cases (G2). (P=0.2).

Conclusion: Our study showed that morbid obesity is not significantly correlated with metabolic risk.