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Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 Oct 28;19(4):350–355. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2022.10.015

Table 1.

Trends in anthropometric and metabolic measurements, baseline through 5 years post-surgery, unadjusted LS mean (95% Confidence Interval)

	Baseline	+6 months	+12 months	+5 years
SAD (cm)	31.8 (31.3, 32.4) n = 219	25.0 (24.4, 25.5)^a n = 186	23.2 (22.6, 23.8)^a n = 182	25.3 (24.5, 26.0)^a n = 141
BMI (kg/m²)	52.6 (51.3, 53.9) n = 228	39.1 (37.8, 40.5)^a n = 197	36.4 (35.1, 37.8)^a n = 200	39.8 (38.4, 41.1)^a n = 174
WC (cm)	147.7 (145.5, 149.8) n = 225	122.3 (120.0, 124.6)^a n = 191	117.0 (114.6, 119.4)^a n = 188	119.6 (116.5, 122.6)^a n = 141
SBP (mmHg)	125.3 (123.5, 127.0) n = 224	118.0 (116.3, 120.2)^a n = 196	116.0 (114.3, 117.8)^a n = 198	121.9 (119.9, 123.9)^b n = 172
DBP (mmHg)	74.2 (72.9, 75.5) n = 224	69.6 (68.3, 70.8)^a n = 196	69.8 (68.6, 71.0)^a n = 198	74.6 (73.0, 76.1) n = 172
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	97.8 (94.3, 101.2) n = 225	86.4 (84.1, 88.8)^a n = 191	84.9 (82.5, 87.3)^a n = 195	88.3 (84.7, 91.8)^a n = 156
Fasting TG (mg/dL)	132.6 (123.1, 142.1) n = 225	89.2 (83.9, 94.4)^a n = 191	78.3 (73.6, 83.1)^a n = 195	79.2 (72.8, 85.5)^a n = 156
HDL-C (mg/dL)	37.5 (36.4, 38.7) n = 225	43.1 (41.6, 44.5)^a n = 191	48.5 (47.0, 50.0)^a n = 195	54.4 (52.4, 56.5)^a n = 156
MetS z-score	1.5 (1.4, 1.6) n = 207	0.3 (0.2, 0.4)^a n = 177	−0.0 (−0.1, 0.1)^a n = 180	0.1 (−0.0, 0.3)^a n = 144
MetS prevalence, n (%)	176 (79)	67 (36)^a	44 (24)^a	33 (26)^a
Panniculectomy, n (%)	-	-	-	23 (10%)

p <0.0001 compared to baseline;

p <0.01 compared to baseline

BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; SAD, sagittal abdominal diameter; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; TG, triglycerides; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; MetS, metabolic syndrome