Abstract
Objective:
To determine the relative frequency of secondary hyperparathyroidism after 1 of 4
standard bariatric surgical procedures, with respect to vitamin D-receptor (VDR) Bsm1
genotype-polymorphism (VDRP).
Methods:
Included were 141 obese men and women [aged 44.6±10.4 years, body mass index (BMI)
44.4±5.4 kg/m2], who had undergone either gastric banding (GB; n=39), laparoscopic sleeve-gastrectomy
(LSG; n=31), Roux-en-Y-gastric-bypass (RYGB; n=43), or biliopancreatic-diversion with
“duodenal switch” (BP-DS; n=28)]. They were tested for VDR-genotype (Bsm1), vitamin
D, and serum-PTH-levels postoperatively.
Results:
Analysis of Covariance revealed a treatment effect, showing statistically significantly
higher PTH-levels after BP-DS than after GB (mean difference=32.14, p<0.001), after
SG (mean difference=25.18, p=0.001), or after RYGB (mean difference=18.15, p=0.020).
VDR-BSM1-genotype did not influence PTH-levels and vitamin-D postoperatively. Logistic
regression indicated that the risk of developing SHPT after BP-DS was 12.5 times higher
than after GB and 16.7 times higher than after SG. Beside other variables, VDR-genotype
and the interaction between VDR-genotype and type of surgery did not attain statistical
significance.
Conclusions:
In a comparison of the 4 most frequently performed bariatric operations vitamin-D-receptor
polymorphism (VDRP) had no influence on the development of postoperative secondary
hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) and is not useful as a predictor. SHPT occurs most often
after BP-DS. Operation type, gender, VDRP, preoperative BMI, and relative postoperative
BMI-loss, however, only explain 24% of the variance in postoperative PTH levels. Other
gastral or intestinal factors physiologically promoting calcium-turnover and PTH regulation
are postulated.
Key words
obesity - biliopancreatic diversion - gastric bypass - gastric banding - sleeve gastrectomy