Table 6.

Variables associated with changes in the percentage of total weight loss from 12 to 24 months after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Time	Preoperational		Time After LSG
			3 Months		6 Months		12 Months		24 Months
Variables	rs	p	rs	p	rs	p	rs	p	rs	p
Age (years)	−0.09	0.62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BW (kg)	0.02	0.93	0.003	0.96	−0.04	0.82	−0.08	0.65	−0.32	0.070
BMI (kg/m2)	−0.06	0.75	−0.09	0.63	−0.09	0.62	−0.17	0.34	−0.37	0.037
FM (kg)	−0.19	0.29	−0.21	0.25	−0.24	0.17	−0.27	0.13	−0.47	0.006
%BF (%)	−0.44	0.011	−0.27	0.13	−0.29	0.10	−0.29	0.097	−0.43	0.012
SMM (kg)	0.16	0.37	0.18	0.32	0.22	0.21	0.20	0.27	0.12	0.52
SMP (%)	0.36	0.039	0.29	0.099	0.32	0.071	0.29	0.10	0.44	0.010
SMI (kg/m2)	0.17	0.35	0.14	0.43	0.15	0.39	0.11	0.56	−0.09	0.61
SMM/FM	0.38	0.028	0.28	0.11	0.29	0.11	0.29	0.092	0.45	0.008

r_s, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient; BW, body weight; BMI, body mass index; FM, fat mass; %BF, percent body fat; SMM, skeletal muscle mass; SMP, skeletal muscle percentage; SMI, skeletal muscle index; SMM/FM, skeletal muscle mass to fat mass ratio.