Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of subjects

	OW Controls n=13	BAND n=10	BYPASS n=13
Age	41.0 ± 4.1 [20 – 60]	42.6 ± 4.6 [23 – 64]	49.5 ± 2.4 [30 – 58]
Wt (kg)	96.5 ± 5.9 [70 – 135]	99.2 ± 6.1 [79 – 147]	84.5 ± 4.3 [60 – 119]
BMI (kg/m2)	36.1 ± 2.2 [26 – 51]	36.1 ± 1.7 [28 – 43]	31.3 ± 1.3 [26 – 40]
Wt loss (% total wt)	na	24.6 ± 2.3** [15 – 36]	35.6 ± 2.4 [23 – 51]
Fasting glucose (mg/dl)	97.0 ± 2.0*	91.9 ± 2.8	90.7 ± 2.0
Fasting insulin (μIU/ml)	13.8 ± 1.2***†	10.0 ± 1.0*	6.2 ± 0.7
HOMA-IR	3.3 ± 0.3***†	2.3 ± 0.3*	1.4 ± 0.2

Data are presented as mean ± SEM. Range is represented in brackets.

^*P<0.05;

^**P<0.01;

^***P<0.001 vs. bypass.

^†,P<0.05 vs. band.