. 2022 Dec 7;31(1):184–191. doi: 10.1002/oby.23602

TABLE 1.

Basic clinical characteristics (A) and evolution of anthropometric data and counts of different macrophage populations (B) in the study groups after 12 months

A	Surgery	Conservative
n	60	62
Sex (F/M)	51/9	51/11
Age (y)	48.5 (8.2)	50.9 (8.0)
Height (cm)	166 (6.5)	166 (7.9)
Hypertension	47.4%	48.4%
Type 2 diabetes	33.3%	25.8%
Obstructive sleep apnea	21.7%	21.0%

B	0 months	12 months	0 months	12 months
Weight (kg)	117 (19.5)^*	91.5 (16.8)^***	110 (17.3)^*	109.6 (17.2)
BMI (kg/m²)	42.4 (6.5)	32.9 (5.7)^***	40.0 (5.0)	39.8 (4.6)
TWL%		21.9 (6.8)^***		0.1 (4.1)
FC density (cells/10E6 μm²)	182.6 (36.1)	225.9 (46.3)^***	169.7 (37.7)	182.4 (42.4)
CLS count/1000 FC	4.1 (3.6)	1.1 (0.8) ^a ^, ^b	3.2 (2.3)	4.2 (3.3) ^b
CD68 outside of CLS (μm²/1000 FC)	12.0 (7.2)	11.0 (5.3) ^b	11.9 (6.6)	16.4 (10.5) ^a ^, ^b
Proportion (%) of CLS of all CD68+ cells	20.2 (12.6) ^b	4.1 (3.0) ^a ^, ^b	13.0 (9.8) ^b	12.0 (9.2) ^b

Note: Values are mean (SD).

Abbreviations: CLS, crown‐like structure; FC, fat cell; TWL, total weight loss.

^{^a}

Statistically significant difference vs. initial value (see Figure 3).

^{^b}

Statistically significant difference between the groups (see Figure 3).

p = 0.037, for Mann–Whitney test between the groups.

^***

p < 0.001, for paired t test vs. initial value.