Table 1.

Selected patient characteristics and patient distribution by body mass index (BMI) group, gender, and presence of comorbidities.

Characteristics	BMI group			Total (N = 262)
	Group I 35–39.99 kg/m2 (N = 60)	Group II 40–44.99 kg/m2 (N = 71)	Group III ≥45 kg/m2 (N = 131)
BMI (kg/m2)
Range	35.1–39.8	40.2–44.9	45.1–77.9	35.1–77.9
Median	37.93	42.53	51.07	45.01
Mean (SD)	37.68 (1.42)	42.55 (1.39)	53.37 (7.1)	46.84 (8.5)
Age (years)
Range	22–69	22–75	21–66	21–75
Median	45	47	44	45
Mean (SD)	46 (9.9)	46 (10.8)	43.9 (10.6)	44.9 (10.5)
Gender
Men	17	18	44	79
	[28.33%] [6.48%]	[25.35%] [6.87%]	[33.59%] [16.8%]	[30.15%]
Women	43	53	87	183
	[71.67%] [16.41%]	[74.64%] [20.23%]	[66.41%] [33.20%]	[69.85%]
T2DM
No	38	46	86	170
	[63.33%] [14.50%]	[64.79%] [17.55%]	[65.64%] [32.82%]	[64.88%]
Yes	22	25	45	92
	[36.66%] [8.39%]	[35.21%] [9.54%]	[34.35%] [17.17%]	[35.12%]
MetS
No	39	43	82	164
	[65%] [14.88%]	[60.56%] [16.41%]	[62.59%] [31.29%]	[62.59%]
Yes	21	28	49	98
	[35%] [8.02%]	[39.44%] [10.69%]	[37.40%] [18.70%]	[37.41%]
Depression
No	47	51	87	185
	[78.33%] [17.93%]	[71.83%] [19.46%]	[66.41%] [33.20%]	[70.61%]
Yes	13	20	44	77
	[21.66%] [4.96%]	[28.17%] [7.64%]	[33.59%] [16.79%]	[29.39%]

Figures in brackets indicate % of each BMI category and % of total cohort, respectively.

SD: standard deviation; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; MetS: metabolic syndrome.