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We compared the 2-year incidence of postoperative nutritional anemia between patients who underwent MBS between 2015 and 2017 and 2022\u20132023.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using the TriNetX Global Collaborative Network, we conducted a propensity score\u2013matched cohort study of adult patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. The primary outcome was the 2-year cumulative incidence of nutritional anemia, assessed from 90 to 730\u202fdays postoperatively. The secondary outcomes included iron deficiency anemia (IDA), vitamin B12 deficiency anemia, other anemia, all-cause hospitalization, and emergency department visits.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      After 1:1 propensity score matching, 13,010 patients were included in each cohort. Compared with the early cohort (2015\u20132017), the late cohort (2022\u20132023) had a significantly higher risk of nutritional anemia (6.61% vs. 5.30%; hazard ratio [HR] 1.34, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.22\u20131.49;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001), including iron deficiency anemia (HR 1.36,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001) and vitamin B12 deficiency anemia (HR 1.32,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.025). No significant difference was observed for other anemia (HR 1.05,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.386). The risk of all-cause hospitalization was higher in the late cohort (HR 1.57,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.001), whereas emergency department visits did not differ significantly. Sensitivity and subgroup analyses yielded consistent findings for the primary outcome and iron deficiency anemia, although the association with vitamin B12 deficiency anemia was not uniformly significant across all models.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this observational study, the 2022\u20132023 cohort had a higher risk of coded or clinically detected postoperative nutritional anemia than earlier cohorts. Given the modest absolute risk difference and a diagnosis-code\u2013based outcome, this finding should be interpreted as a higher burden of recognized anemia diagnoses rather than definitive evidence of increased biological anemia incidence. These results support adherence to existing postoperative nutritional monitoring recommendations rather than a more intensive surveillance schedule.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnut.2026.1820503","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,2]],"date-time":"2026-07-02T04:25:10Z","timestamp":1782966310000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Temporal changes in post-bariatric nutritional deficiency anemia: a propensity score-matched analysis of 2015\u20132017 versus 2022\u20132023 cohorts"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"I-Wen","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Chi Mei Hospital, Liouying","place":["Tainan, Taiwan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chia-Li","family":"Kao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University","place":["Kaohsiung, Taiwan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yi-Chen","family":"Lai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Chi Mei Medical Center","place":["Tainan, Taiwan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ying-Jen","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Chi Mei Medical Center","place":["Tainan, Taiwan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kuo-Chuan","family":"Hung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Chi Mei Medical Center","place":["Tainan, Taiwan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"65","DOI":"10.1016\/j.sopen.2024.01.004","article-title":"Sleeve gastrectomy and one-year outcomes: impact on cardiovascular, renal and metabolic parameters","volume":"17","author":"Bellini","year":"2024","journal-title":"Surg Open Sci"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"159","DOI":"10.2174\/1573402116666200804153228","article-title":"Impact of metabolic surgery on type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular risk factors, and mortality: a review","volume":"17","author":"Cohen","year":"2021","journal-title":"Curr Hypertens Rev"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1734","DOI":"10.1007\/s11695-022-05985-2","article-title":"Renal function following bariatric surgery: a literature review of potential mechanisms","volume":"32","author":"Li","year":"2022","journal-title":"Obes Surg"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"260","DOI":"10.1007\/s11695-020-04909-2","article-title":"Bariatric surgery improves renal function: a large Inner-City population outcome study","volume":"31","author":"Saeed","year":"2021","journal-title":"Obes Surg"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3002","DOI":"10.1007\/s00464-019-07092-3","article-title":"The incidence of iron deficiency anemia post-Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy: a systematic review","volume":"34","author":"Enani","year":"2020","journal-title":"Surg Endosc"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3496","DOI":"10.1007\/s11695-020-04673-3","article-title":"Which factors are associated with a higher prevalence of anemia following bariatric surgery? 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