Fig. 3.
LSG-induced increases in SC of the Hb-bilateral SFG, and Hb-AMY. (A, B) TFEQ-disinhibition was negatively correlated with SC of Hb-bilateral SFG at PreLSG. (C) Increases in SC of Hb-left AMY were correlated with reductions in DEBQ-emotional eating. Only the correlation slope between SC of Hb-left SFG and TFEQ-disinhibition was significantly different. The error bars indicate standard error of the mean. Abbreviation: Hb, habenula; SFG, superior frontal gyri; AMY, amygdala; FA, fractional anisotropy; SC, structural connectivity; TFEQ, three factor eating questionnaire; DEBQ, Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire; L, left; LSG, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy; PreLSG, participants with obesity who received MRI scan before surgery; PostLSG12, participants with obesity who received MRI scan at 12 months after surgery; NW, normal weight.