Table 1. Anthropometric and biochemical variables in the morbidly obese patients before and after surgery.
| Morbidly obese before surgery | Morbidly obese after surgery | |
| N (men/women) | 23(9/14) | - |
| Age (years) | 39.8±10.3 | - |
| Weight (kg) | 158.0±28.3 | 114.4±18.68c |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 57.4±7.1 | 41.70±6.59c |
| Waist (cm) | 146.1±23.5 | 118.5±15.09c |
| Hip (cm) | 160.3±16.7 | 132.2±12.69c |
| Glucose (mM) | 5.67±1.01 | 4.70±0.51b |
| Cholesterol (mM) | 4.99±0.76 | 3.39±0.60c |
| HDL cholesterol (mM) | 1.15±0.38 | 0.98±0.23a |
| LDL cholesterol (mM) | 3.06±0.85 | 1.87±0.047c |
| VLDL cholesterol (mM) | 0.65±0.43 | 0.54±0.20 |
| Triglycerides (mM) | 1.45±0.88 | 1.21±0.43 |
| Free fatty acids (mM) | 0.614±0.287 | 0.475±0.168a |
| Insulin (pM) | 31.5±18.7 | 10.74±4.51c |
| HOMA-IR | 8.13±5.90 | 2.21±1.02c |
BMI: body mass index; LDL: low density lipoprotein; VLDL: very low density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance index. The results are given as the mean ± SD.
a
P<0.05;
b
P<0.01;
c
P<0.001.