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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2009 Nov 22;6(1):22–30. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.10.007

Table 2.

Health Status of patients in the cohort (frequency and percentage, unless otherwise noted)

Characteristic Total (N=3802) Primary participants (N=3577) Revisional participants (N=225) p value*
Hypertension 2104 55.3 2001 55.9 103 45.8 0.00
Medication: 0.76
No medication 246 11.9 232 11.8 14 13.6
Single medication 897 43.3 851 43.2 46 44.7
Multiple medication 929 44.8 886 45 43 41.7
Diabetes 1323 34.8 1278 35.7 46 20 <.0001
Medication: 0.09
No medication 203 15.4 192 15 11 24.4
Single oral medication 395 29.9 382 29.9 13 28.9
Multiple oral medication 324 24.5 319 25 6 11.1
Insulin (w/or w/o oral meds) 399 30.2 383 30 16 35.6
Congestive heart failure 76 2 69 1.9 7 3.1 0.21
missing, n 2 0 2
Asthma 911 24 853 23.8 58 25.9 0.49
missing, n 1 0 1
Cant walk 200 ft 67 1.8 61 1.7 6 2.7 0.29
missing, n 1 1 0
History of DVT or PE 149 3.9 131 3.7 18 8 0.001
missing, n 1 0 1
Sleep apnea 1860 48.9 1799 50.3 61 27.2 <.0001
missing, n 1 0 1
CPAP 1504 80.9 1467 81.5 37 60.7 <.0001
Supplemental oxygen dependent 74 4 67 3.7 7 11.5 0.00
Ischemic heart disease 153 4 138 3.9 15 6.7 0.03
missing, n 2 0 2
Pulmonary hypertension 45 1.2 40 1.1 5 2.2 0.14
Venous edema w/ulcerations 163 4.6 155 4.7 8 3.8 0.55
missing, n 287 273 14
Number of comorbidities, mean, median 1.80, 2.0 1.82, 2.0 1.43, 1.0 <.0001
Number of comorbidities, n (%) <.0001
1 or more 3149 82.9 2998 83.8 151 68
2 or more 2101 55.3 2014 56.3 87 39.2
3 or more 1038 27.3 998 27.9 40 18
4 or more 394 10.4 374 10.5 20 9
missing, n 4 1 3
Beta-blocker 687 18.4 642 18.3 45 20.3 0.45
missing, n 64 61 3
Statin/lipid-lowering agent 1008 26.5 969 27.1 39 17.4 0.002
missing, n 1 0 1
Therapeutic anticoagulation 174 4.6 164 4.6 10 4.5 0.93
missing, n 1 0 1
Narcotic 657 17.3 594 16.6 63 28.1 <.0001
missing, n 1 0 1
Anti-depressant 1558 41.7 1450 41.2 108 48.4 0.03
missing, n 63 61 2
*

Chi-square test for categorical variables (with continuity correction for categorical data), Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables