The authors found statistically significant reductions in fasting blood glucose (- 30.3 ± 10.2 mg/dL), fasting insulin (- 7.3 ± 2.6 units/mL), and HbA1c ( -2.1±0.3%) in patients undergoing the procedure. The study conclusions were that EndoBarrier improves glycemic status in obese subjects with diabetes and therefore represents a non-surgical, reversible alternative to bariatric surgery. Internal data from GI Dynamics reveals that obese subject (average BMI of 44 kg/m²) and uncontrolled diabetes (average A1c of 8.4 %) who were implanted with EndoBarrier for one year showed: a reduction of 2.1% of the A1c level, with a value of less than 7% in 80% of the subjects, an average reduction of 20 Kg (representing 16% of the excess weight), a 29% reduction in the triglyceride level and a 14% reduction in LDL-c.