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. 2024 Nov 7;11:1469433. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1469433

Table 1.

General characteristics of the participants, lipid profile, and CEC promoted by HDL, over time.

N = 62 Baseline Follow-up post bariatric surgery Coefficient p trend
1 month 3 months 6 months 12 months
Weight (kg) 117 (18.9) 105 (17.0)* 95.0 (16.0)* 86.6 (16.8)* 82.0 (16.5)* −0.13 (−0.14, −0.11) <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 42.6 (5.49) 38.0 (5.05)* 34.5 (4.71)* 31.3 (5.05)* 29.7 (4.82)* −0.14 (−0.16, −0.13) <0.001
Abdominal circumference (cm) 132 (11.5) 122 (10.2)* 116 (10.1)* 110 (13.3)* 105 (13.3)* −0.14 (0.15, −0.12) <0.001
Glucose (mg/dl) 101 (21.0) 90.8 (15.7) 87.2 (6.59)* 88.2 (7.39)* 89.3 (9.24)* −0.04 (−0.06, −0.02) <0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) 176 (28.3) 147 (41.7)* 162 (36.1)* 162 (33.5)* 161 (27.0)* −0.01 (−0.03, 0.01) 0.174
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 115 (25.0) 95.9 (33.6)* 104 (28.9) 99.8 (28.1)* 95.0 (24.3)* −0.04 (−0.06, −0.02) <0.001
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 46.9 (12.9) 38.9 (11.0)* 45.6 (11.8)* 51.7 (11.8)* 60.8 (14.2)* 0.10 (0.09, 0.12) <0.001
Remnant cholesterol (mg/dl) 14.0 (7.53) 16.4 (7.17)* 14.2 (8.20) 10.5 (5.87)* 7.16 (5.67)* −0.09 (−0.12, −0.07) <0.001
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 105 (46.8) 98.4 (39.2) 90.9 (38.3) 79.1 (27.7)* 73.5 (30.1)* −0.07 (−0.09, −0.06) <0.001
HDL Cholesterol efflux capacity (%) 0.98 (0.15) 0.97 (0.14)** 1.03 (0.11) 1.00 (0.14) 1.04 (0.13)** 0.04 (0.01, 0.07) 0.010
HDL VCAM secretion (ng/ml) 6.83 (2.13) 7.02 (1.87) 6.71 (2.18) 7.14 (2.05) 7.61 (2.39) 0.03 (0.01, 0.03) 0.013

BMI, body mass index; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein.

Baseline and follow-up values are presented as mean (SD). Model adjusted by age, sex, type of intervention, and treatment of dyslipidemia.

*

p-value < 0.05.

**

Borderline p-value < 0.01.