Obesity is a cause of significant mortality and morbidity in the UK with currently 26% of adults in the UK clinically obese 1 . Bariatric surgery has been shown to be an effec@ve treatment for obesity, giving significant weight loss as well puDng type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and obstruc@ve sleep apnoea (OSA) into remission. 2,3,4 However there is a disparity in the number of men accessing bariatric services, with only 19% of bariatric pa@ents being male. 5 To aid our

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... ing of this disparity, it is important to ascertain whether metabolic outcomes aOer bariatric surgery differ between genders, as this may be a poten@al barrier for accessing treatment.