Table 3. Lipid profiles and glucose concentrations (means and standard deviation) of patients who underwent RYGB.

Variable	Groups	Baseline		12 mPO		24 mPO		36 mPO		48 mPO		60 mPO
		N	Mean/SD	n	Mean/SD	N	Mean/SD	N	Mean/SD	N	Mean/SD	n	Mean/SD
TC	G1	52	196±43	65	164 ± 33	56	170 ± 30	48	169 ± 43	20	164 ± 31	17	171 ± 32
	G2	65	200 ± 46	87	162 ± 28	77	170 ± 32	65	170 ± 34	44	170 ± 35	25	179 ± 32
	G3	100	200 ± 47	127	170 ± 34	107	170 ± 32	83	176 ± 36	71	180 ± 34	39	174 ± 41
	p value	--	0.85	--	0.18	--	0.99	--	0,48	--	0.12	--	0.77
LDL	G1	50	120 ± 35	64	93 ± 24	54	93 ± 22	48	84 ± 27	21	89 ± 28	17	89 ± 17
	G2	61	124 ± 43	86	90 ± 23	78	90 ± 27	65	90 ± 23	44	91 ± 27	38	89 ± 22
	G3	95	119 ± 36	125	95 ± 28	105	93 ± 24	81	95 ± 28	70	97 ± 30	88 ± 24
	p value	--	0.70	--	0.45	--	0.66	--	0.07	--	0.38	--	0.98
HDL	G1	50	46 ± 10	62	56 ± 17	54	57 ± 14	48	65 ± 20	22	64 ± 15	19	67 ± 17
	G2	64	47 ± 15	86	56 ± 12	78	63 ± 17	64	64 ± 16	43	64 ± 16	25	68 ± 23
	G3	97	46 ± 11	123	55 ± 11	106	62 ± 15	80	67 ± 18	71	65 ± 20	41	61 ± 25
	p value	--	0.90	--	0.94	--	0.06	--	0.68	--	0.85	--	0.35
TG	G1	53	147 ± 70	62	87 ± 34	56	85 ± 37	46	83 ± 46	21	84 ± 35	17	89 ± 46
	G2	64	160 ± 93	86	78 ± 31	77	77 ± 29	63	78 ± 35	43	83 ± 41	25	84 ± 34
	G3	100	143 ± 63	125	86 ± 35	109	78 ± 32	82	78 ± 29	71	82 ± 34	37	86 ± 24
	p value	--	0.38	--	0.18	--	0.29	--	0.70	--	0.95	--	0.89
Glucose	G1	52	99 ± 20	63	83 ± 12	51	85 ± 8	44	83 ± 8	19	85 ± 8	14	89 ± 13
	G2	70	110 ± 36	87	85 ± 9	77	84 ± 8	58	87 ± 12	41	87 ± 12	21	89 ± 10
	G3	103	104 ± 29	127	83 ± 12	106	84 ± 6	78	89 ± 30	68	90 ± 32	35	86 ± 8
	p value	--	0.12	--	0.56	--	0.51	--	0.43	--	0.65	--	0.35

TC: total cholesterol; LDLc: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDLc: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; 12 mPO: 12 months post-operative; 24 mPO: 24 months post-operative; 36 mPO: 36 months post-operative; 48 mPO: 48 months post-operative; 60 mPO: 60 months post-operative.