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To the Editor: The primary outcome of the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) Study, reported by Sjöström et al. (Dec. 23 issue),¹ was mortality, but only secondary outcomes are presented. There is a statement in the report that "the safety monitoring committee found no reason to interrupt the study prematurely because of positive effects or harm." This report should not have been published without data on the primary outcome. In the absence of a significant effect on the primary outcome, the authors present the attractive changes that occurred in secondary outcomes. Solomon and Dluhy, in the accompanying editorial,² emphasize that it . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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