Table 2.

Six-month data of the study patients

	Type of surgical technique
	SAGB		Long BPL RYGB		P
	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range
BMI (kg/m2)	36.39 ± 6.85	26–51.6	38.04 ± 5.88	26–48.7	0.313a
EBWL (kg)	35.47 ± 13.74	15–75	31.6 ± 8.02	18–63	0.180a
EBWL%	54.72 ± 18.14	23.3–94.60	49.64 ± 15.31	26.1–90.6	0.238a
	Count	%	Count	%
Comorbidities remission
Type II diabetes mellitus
Significant improvement	5	38.5%	6	27.3%	0.708b
Complete resolution	8	61.5%	16	72.7%
Hypertension
Significant improvement	4	36.4%	4	44.4%	0.999b
Complete resolution	7	63.6%	5	55.6%
OSA: STOP-Bang score
Low	30	96.8%	31	100.0%	0.999b
Intermediate	1	3.2%	0	0.0%
High risk	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Joint pain
Significant improvement	7	100.0%	10	90.9%	0.999b
Complete resolution	0	0.0%	1	9.1%
Back pain
Significant improvement	6	75.0%	5	83.3%	0.999b
Complete resolution	2	25.0%	1	16.7%

a: t and t value of the Student’s t test; b: χ², Chi-square test