Wei-Jei Lee

TL;DR: Body weight reduction increased the plasma levels of a protective adipocytokine, adiponectin, despite the reduction of the only tissue of its own synthesis, suggesting that the expression of adip onectin is under feedback inhibition in obesity.

TL;DR: Participants randomized to gastric bypass were more likely to achieve remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus and Duodenum exclusion plays a role in T2DM treatment and should be assessed.

TL;DR: In overweight/obese Asians, the plasma adiponectin levels significantly correlated with various indices of MS except hypertension, and the area under curve of plasma glucose in OGTT and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol among the overweight/OBese subjects and WHR among the morbidly obese subjects were significantly related to the plasma fat levels after adjustment for other variables.

TL;DR: Genetic variation in the FTO gene is strongly associated with obesity and BMI in the Chinese population, but its effect size on BMI is comparable with that in the European population.

TL;DR: The Diabetes Surgery Score is a simple multidimensional grading system that can predict the success of type 2 diabetes mellitus treatment using bariatric surgery among patients with inadequately controlled T2DM.