Thiamine deficiency in US veterans with obesity
Authors' conclusion
Approximately one-third of patients evaluated had a test result indicating thiamine deficiency. All people with obesity may benefit from additional nutritional screening.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with obesity at the nonsurgical obesity medicine and preoperative bariatric surgery clinic, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Jan 2012–Jan 2019
- Participants
- 146 patients
- Outcome
- Prevalence of thiamine deficiency (value below test reference range)
Methodological detailsobservational, medical record review, single-centre
- Observational
- Medical record review
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Thiamine deficiency prevalence
Thiamine deficiency
32.2%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Thiamine deficiency by gender, race or T2D status
- No differences in prevalence of deficiency by gender, race or T2D status
Weight loss and thiamine deficiency
- Weight loss associated with increased risk of deficiency, not statistically significant: OR
- 2.04 (95% CI 0.79-5.27)
Original publication
Thiamine deficiency in US veterans with obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 21 January 2025. doi:10.
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