Table 4.
Results of the PpIX-TSLT measurements.
| Visit | All patients |
Trajectory N=21 |
FDR-adjusted p value | |||
| T0 | T3 | T5 | ||||
| mitoPO2 (mmHg) | T0 | 60.5 [47.8–78.0]; n=36 | 57.6 [50.0–68.8] | – | ns | ns |
| T3 | 62.8 [47.9–76.1]; n=31 | 62.0 [47.9–73.2] | ns | – | ns | |
| T5 | 68.5 [58.8–91.3]; n=30 | 67.4 [57.8–91.7] | ns | ns | – | |
| mitoVO2 (mmHg/s) | T0 | 3.8 [2.4–5.1]; n=36 | 3.6 [2.4–5.1] | – | ns | ns† |
| T3 | 4.0 [2.9–4.7]; n=31 | 4.1 [2.6–4.7] | ns | – | ns | |
| T5 | 3.0 [2.3–4.4]; n=30 | 2.9 [2.1–3.8] | ns† | ns | – | |
| mitoDO2 (mmHg/s) | T0 | 3.7 [2.4–5.9]; n=36 | 3.8 [2.7–6.3] | – | ns | ns |
| T3 | 4.4 [3.2–6.9]; n=31 | 3.7 [3.0–7.1] | ns | – | ns | |
| T5 | 4.4 [3.2–6.3]; n=30 | 4.5 [3.4–6.0] | ns | ns | – | |
All data in median [interquartile range]. The last columns show significant differences between time points (Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, false discovery rate adjusted p values <0.05) in the trajectory sample with available data for all study visits.
mitoPO2, mitochondrial oxygen tension; mitoVO2, mitochondrial oxygen consumption; mitoDO2, mitochondrial oxygen delivery; PpIX-TSLT, Protoporphyrin IX-Triplet State Lifetime Technique; T0, preoperative; T3, 6 ± 1 months; T5, 12 ± 1 months after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
† p < 0.05 before false discovery rate adjustment; n.s., false discovery rate adjusted p value ≥ 0.05.