Table 1.
Demographic, socioeconomic and clinical characteristics of 139 morbidly obese individuals who chose a part residential intensive lifestyle intervention program (ILI) or gastric bypass surgery (RYGB)
|
Variable |
Total |
RYGB |
ILI |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=139) | (n=76) | (n=63) | ||
| Women (n, %) |
97 (70%) |
53 (70%) |
44 (70%) |
.569 |
| Age (years), mean (SD) |
46 (11) |
43 (11) |
47 (11) |
.021 |
| Onset of obesity (n, %) |
|
|
|
|
| <12 years |
35 (25%) |
25 (33%) |
10 (16%) |
|
| 12-20 years |
28 (20%) |
17 (22%) |
11 (17%) |
|
| >20 years |
76 (55%) |
34 (45%) |
42 (67%) |
.003 |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) |
44 (6) |
46 (6) |
43 (5) |
<.001 |
| Married/cohabitant, (n, %) |
83 (60%) |
45 (60%) |
38 (60%) |
.895 |
| Employment (n, %) |
82 (59%) |
40 (53%) |
42 (67%) |
.094 |
| Length of education (n, %) |
|
|
|
|
| Basic (<9 year) |
32 (23%) |
18 (24%) |
14 (22%) |
|
| Intermediate (9–12 year) |
75 (54%) |
44 (58%) |
31 (49%) |
|
| Higher (>12 year) |
2 (23%) |
14 (18%) |
18 (29%) |
.358 |
| Physical activity (n, %) |
|
|
|
|
| Low |
115 (83%) |
67 (88%) |
48 (76%) |
|
| High |
24 (17%) |
9 (12%) |
15 (24%) |
.063 |
| Quality of life scores, mean (SD) |
|
|
|
|
| Physical dimension a |
36 (10) |
34 (10) |
39 (10) |
.018 |
| Mental dimension a |
41 (11) |
41 (11) |
42 (11) |
.690 |
| Emotional dimension b |
36 (24) |
32 (23) |
42 (24) |
.047 |
| Number of symptoms c |
11 (4) |
12 (4) |
11 (4) |
.343 |
| Symptom distress d | 41 (21) | 43 (21) | 38 (20) | .173 |
(a) SF-36 (scale 0–100). (b) OWLQOL (scale 0–102). (c) WRSM (scale 0–20). (d) WRSM (scale 0–120).