Table 2.

Overall summary of results over two rounds of voting

Statements	N =	% =
Total number of statements	180	100%
Consensus reached	158	87.8%
No consensus reached	22	12.2%
Consensus reached in 1st round	114	72.2%
Consensus reached in 2nd round	44	27.8%
% Statements consensus reached—Epidemiology and risk factors (20 statements)	18	90.0%
% Statements consensus reached—Patient selection (29 statements)	24	82.8%
% Statements consensus reached—Relative importance of pre-op factors (23 factors)	21	91.3%
% Statements consensus reached—Psychological issues (14 statements)	12	85.7%
% Statements consensus reached—Patient preparation-general (10 statements)	9	90.0%
% Statements consensus reached—Patient preparation-COVID-19 (13 statements)	13	100.0%
% Statements consensus reached—Bariatric endoscopy (39 statements)	31	79.5%
% Statements consensus reached—Outcomes and follow-up (32 statements)	30	93.8%
100% consensus reached	12	7.6%
90–99% consensus reached	43	27.2%
80–89% consensus reached	68	43.0%
70–79% consensus reached	35	22.2%
Statements agreed with (total)	104	57.8%
Statements disagreed with (total)	30	16.7%
Statements agreed with (consensus)	96	60.8%
Statements disagreed with (consensus)	24	15.2%
Statements worded favorably to bariatric interventions	17	9.4%
Statements worded unfavorably to bariatric interventions	19	10.6%
Non-judgmental statements	144	80.0%
Average consensus—Epidemiology and risk factors	84.7%
Average consensus—Patient selection	84.3%
Average consensus—Relative importance of pre-op factors	86.5%
Average consensus—Psychological issues	81.3%
Average consensus—Patient preparation-general	84.6%
Average consensus—Patient preparation-COVID-19	82.8%
Average consensus—Bariatric endoscopy	78.0%
Average consensus—Outcomes and follow-up	87.9%
Average consensus—Overall	83.6%
Minimum/maximum level of consensus on a statement	50%/100%
Min. when consensus reached	70.5%