Publications by authors named "Ying Ern Loo"

Objectives: To evaluate the association between anxiety, depression and resilience with overall health and functioning in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).

Design: Cross-sectional evaluation of baseline data from a prospective cohort study, with recruitment from January 2018 to March 2021.

Setting: Outpatient clinic in a tertiary hospital in Singapore.

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Background: Metabolic-bariatric surgery delivers substantial weight loss and can induce remission or improvement of obesity-related risks and complications. However, more robust estimates of its effect on long-term mortality and life expectancy-especially stratified by pre-existing diabetes status-are needed to guide policy and facilitate patient counselling. We compared long-term survival outcomes of severely obese patients who received metabolic-bariatric surgery versus usual care.

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