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Table 3.

Obesity-related comorbidities pre- and postoperatively

	VBG (n)	LAGB (n)	p Value
Total comorbidities (preoperatively)	1.3 ± 1.1 (50)	1.3 ± 1.0 (50)	0.97^a
Total comorbidities (1 year postoperatively)	0.5 ± 0.9 (45)	0.5 ± 0.8 (44)	<0.01^b
Toetal comorbidities (7 year postoperatively)	0.6 ± 0.9 (40)	0.6 ± 0.8 (44)	<0.01^b

^aTotal comorbidities of the VBG group compared to the LAGB group (Mann–Whitney test)

^bTotal comorbidities pre- and postoperatively compared within a group (Wilcoxon signed-rank test)