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. 2023 Sep 26;107(1):76. doi: 10.5334/jbsr.3170

Table 1.

Weight loss after bariatric artery embolization in prospective or RC trials.


FIRST AUTHOR[REFERENCE] YEAR DESIGN BASELINE BMI AGE, Y N° PATIENTS FOLLOW-UP, MONTH ABSOLUTE WEIGHT LOSS, KG MEAN WEIGHT LOSS, %

Kipshidze [20] 2015 prospective 42.2 ± 6.8 44.7 ± 7.4 5 20–24 22.4 ± 4,2 17.19

Syed [21] 2016 prospective 42.4 ± 2.5 41.0 ± 10,7 4 6 9.19 ± 6.0 8.52

Bai [23] 2017 prospective 38.1 ± 3.8 42.8 ± 13.9 5 9 12.90 ± 14.7 12.64

Weiss [18] 2019 prospective 45 ± 4.1 44 ± 11 20 12 7.62 11.5

Elens [2] 2019 prospective 28.9 ± 2.5 38 ± 10 11 6 8.00 ± 5.1 10.00

Zaitoun [26] 2019 prospective 37.4 ± 3.3 37.5 ± 8.8 10 6 8.24 ± 3.1 8.90

Reddy [25] 2020 RCT 39.6 ± 3.8 45.5 ± 9.8 20 24 NA 9.00

Pirlet [24] 2020 prospective 49.4 (IQR 43.2–61.7) NA 7 24 11 (IQR 4.25–21.5) 7.7 (IQR 3.2–14.1)

Levigard [27] 2021 prospective 36.4 ± 2.6 37.5 ± 7.3 10 6 6.22 ± 3.6 6.8

Age, baseline BMI are reported as mean ± SD (standard deviation) or mean (IQR (interquartile ranges)).

BMI: body mass index; NA: not available; RCT: randomized controlled trial.