Table 1.
Sociodemographic information of 127 patients waiting for bariatric surgery
| Total sample (N = 127) | Patients with comorbid psychiatric disorders (N = 61) | Patients without comorbid psychiatric disorders (N = 66) | Group comparison* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Range | Mean | SD | Range | Mean | SD | Range | p | |
| Age (years) | 41.3 | 10.3 | 22-65 | 41.0 | 11.3 | 22-65 | 41.7 | 9.3 | 23-61 | .704 |
| Preoperative BMI, kg/m2 | 45.3 | 5.2 | 34.5-64.6 | 44.9 | 5.7 | 36.5-64.7 | 45.6 | 4.7 | 34.5-59.2 | .277 |
| Postoperative BMI, kg/m2 | 31.6 | 4.6 | 21.2-44.4 | 30.1 | 4.9 | 21.2-44.4 | 32.1 | 4.1 | 23.5-41.7 | .023 |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||||||
| Gender, female | 94 (74) | 47 (77) | 47 (71) | .454 | ||||||
| Education (N = 124) | ||||||||||
| < 10 years | 42 (33) | 28 (46) | 14 (21) | .003 | ||||||
| 10-13 years | 60 (47) | 27 (44) | 33 (50) | .518 | ||||||
| > 13 years | 23 (18) | 4 (7) | 19 (29) | .001 | ||||||
| Work status (N = 122) | ||||||||||
| Employed | 71 (60) | 25 (45) | 47 (74) | .001 | ||||||
| Civil status (married/cohabitant) | 80 (65) | 33 (55) | 47 (74) | .032 | ||||||
*Mann-Whitney U Test and Pearson's Chi-square Test