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. 2010 Aug 16;59(11):2817–2825. doi: 10.2337/db10-0585

TABLE 2.

Clinical and biologic characteristics of obese subjects before surgery, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year after surgery

Before bypass 3 Months after bypass 6 Months after bypass 1 Year after bypass Mannová (P value)
Adiposity markers
    Body weight(kg) 135.03 ± 3.08 111.75 ± 2.84 102.04 ± 2.67 93.39 ± 2.72 < 0.0001
    BMI (kg/m2) 48.21 ± 0.82 39.78 ± 0.78 36.28 ± 0.78 33.30 ± 0.83 < 0.0001
    Fat mass (% weight) 46.21 ± 0.69 43.15 ± 0.71 39.24 ± 0.84 34.53 ± 0.89 < 0.0001
    Leptin (ng/ml) 63.05 ± 3.16 32.85 ± 2.15 23.9 ± 1.74 18.53 ± 0.89 < 0.0001
Plasma glucose homeostasis
    Glycaemia (mmol/l) 6.55 ± 0.37 5.18 ± 0.13 4.87 ± 0.14 4.74 ± 0.11 < 0.0001
    Insulinemia (mU/ml) 19.02 ± 1.81 8.7 ± 0.47 6.9 ± 4.36 7.23 ± 0.99 < 0.0001
    Adiponectin (μg/ml) 6.08 ± 0.36 7.77 ± 0.43 9.95 ± 0.83 10.26 ± 0.67 < 0.0001
    Diabetic (%)* 32.3 14.3 9.5 8.6 < 0.005
Plasma lipid homeostasis
    Total cholesterol (mmol/l) 5.00 ± 0.12 4.47 ± 0.11 4.36 ± 0.11 4.28 ± 0.10 < 0.0001
    Total triglycerides (mmol/l) 1.53 ± 0.10 1.22 ± 0.06 1.08 ± 0.06 0.89 ± 0.04 < 0.0001
    HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) 1.28 ± 0.05 1.23 ± 0.04 1.35 ± 0.05 1.50 ± 0.04 < 0.0001
Liver test
    AST 24.51 ± 1.49 28.13 ± 1.59 26.33 ± 5.85 21.18 ± 1.03 0.0035
    ALT 35.46 ± 3.49 38.31 ± 3.32 25.33 ± 2.59 24.27 ± 4.29 0.0287
    GGT 48.90 ± 5.26 29.75 ± 2.90 40.38 ± 17.55 22.66 ± 2.13 < 0.0001
Inflammatory markers
    Plasma hsCRP (mg/l) 0.91 ± 0.08 0.61 ± 0.09 0.39 ± 0.05 0.33 ± 0.11 < 0.0001
    Plasma IL-6 (pg/ml) 3.94 ± 0.32 3.46 ± 0.29 3.22 ± 0.39 2.27 ± 0.38 0.62

*Statistical analysis with McNemar χ2 test for noncontinuous measures. AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; GGT, γ-glutamyl transferase.