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. 2025 Mar 5;35(4):1407–1414. doi: 10.1007/s11695-025-07766-z

Table 4.

Relationships between weight loss and eating habits

Surgical procedure Preoperative binge eating Preoperative carbohydrate craving
Absent (n, %) Present (n, %) Total (n, %) p value Absent (n, %) Present (n, %) Total (n, %) p value
SG %TWL < 20 9 (10.2) 16 (14.7) 25 (12.7) 0.351 9 (13.4) 16 (12.3) 25 (12.7) 0.822
%TWL ≥ 20 79 (89.8) 93 (85.3) 172 (87.3) 58 (86.6) 114 (87.7) 172 (87.3)
Total 88 (100) 109 (100) 197 (100) 67 (100) 130 (100) 197 (100)
RYGB %TWL < 20 12 (12) 11 (8.5) 23 (10) 0.386 5 (7.0) 18 (11.4) 23 (10.0) 0.311
%TWL ≥ 20 88 (88) 118 (91.5) 206 (90) 66 (93) 140 (88.6) 206 (90)
Total 100 (100) 129 (100) 229 (100) 71 (100) 158 (100) 229 (100)
All procedures %TWL < 20 21 (11.2) 27 (11.3) 48 (11.3) 0.955 14 (10.1) 34 (11.8) 48 (11.3) 0.612
%TWL ≥ 20 167 (88.8) 211 (88.7) 378 (88.7) 124 (89.9) 254 (88.2) 378 (88.7)
Total 188 (100) 238 (100) 426 (100) 138 (100) 288 (100) 426 (100)
Preoperative night eating Preoperative sweet eating
Absent (n, %) Present (n, %) Total (n, %) p value Absent (n, %) Present (n, %) Total (n, %) p value
11 (10.6) 14 (15.1) 25 (12.7) 0.346 7 (10.0) 18 (14.2) 25 (12.7) 0.400
93 (89.4) 79 (84.9) 172 (87.3) 63 (90.0) 109 (85.8) 172 (87.3)
104 (100) 93 (100) 197 (100) 70 (100) 127 (100) 197 (100)
13 (10.9) 10 (9.1) 23 (10) 0.645 12 (12.2) 11 (8.4) 23 (10) 0.338
106 (89.1) 100 (90.9) 206 (90) 86 (87.8) 120 (91.6) 206 (90)
119 (100) 110 (100) 229 (100) 98 (100) 131 (100) 229 (100)
24 (10.8) 24 (11.8) 48 (11.3) 0.730 19 (11.3) 29 (11.2) 48 (11.3) 0.982
199 (89.2) 179 (88.2) 378 (88.7) 149 (88.7) 229 (88.8) 378 (88.7)
223 (100) 203 (100) 426 (100) 168 (100) 258 (100) 426 (100)

SG, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy; RYGB, laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; suboptimal weight loss: %TWL < 20, optimal weight loss: %TWL ≥ 20