Table 2.

Medical, surgical history, BMI, type of surgery, and operative time among the participants

History	Non-closure group (n = 35)	Closure group (n = 35)	p value
Chronic disease			0.584
No	25 (71.4%)	27 (77.1%)
Yes	10 (28.6%)	8 (22.9%)
Type of chronic disease			0.138
Diabetes	6 (60%)	2 (25%)
Hypertension	2 (20%)	4 (50%)
Hypothyroidism	1 (10%)	1 (12.5%)	––-
Surgical history			0.053
No	16 (45.7%)	24 (68.6%)
Yes	19 (54.3%)	11 (31.4%)
Type of previous surgery
Hernioplasty	0 (0%)	2 (18.2%)	0.058
Tonsillectomy	3 (15.7%)	1 (9.1%)	0.609
Cesarean	11 (57.8%)	8 (72.7%)	0.424
Appendectomy	4 (21.1%)	2 (18.2%)	0.852
BMI	47.4 ± 5.4	48.2 ± 5.5	0.510
Type of operation			1.000
Bypass	6 (17.1%)	6 (17.1%)
Sleeve	29 (82.9%)	29 (82.9%)
Operative time (M ± SD)	115 (± 12)	121 (± 15)	0.069

N.B: Ten patients from the non-closure group and eight patients from the closure group had chronic illnesses. Of these, only diabetes, hypertension, and hypothyroidism were deemed relevant to the analysis and explicitly mentioned. Similarly, 19 patients in the non-closure group reported prior surgeries, but only the four most reported procedures were listed (hernioplasty, tonsillectomy, Cesarean section, and appendectomy)