Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics according to each remission category
|
Variable |
|
2009 Consensus group criteria (Model 1) |
|
ADA’s HbA1c criteria (Model 2) |
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | Complete | Partial | No remission | p | <5.7% | 5.7-6.5% | >6.5% and/or treatment | p | ||
| No of patients |
|
110 |
55 (50.0) |
14 (12.7) |
41 (37.3) |
|
55 (50.0) |
17 (15.5) |
38 (34.5) |
|
| Age (years) |
|
53.3 ± 9.5 |
51.5 ± 9.8 |
55.6 ± 8.0 |
54.9 ± 9.4 |
0.230 |
52.1 ± 9.7 |
52.8 ± 8.4 |
55.2 ± 9.7 |
0.299 |
| Preop - BMI (kg/m2) |
|
43.6 ± 5.5 |
44.3 ± 5.2 |
43.7 ± 4.8 |
42.8 ± 6.0 |
0.514 |
44.1 ± 4.9 |
43.6 ± 6.2 |
43.0 ± 6.0 |
0.595 |
| 18 m - BMI (kg/m2) |
|
29.0 ± 5.0 |
28.1 ± 4.5 |
31.8 ± 4.9 |
29.2 ± 5.4 |
0.049 |
28.3 ± 4.3 |
30.9 ± 6.0 |
29.3 ± 5.4 |
0.193 |
| Preop – FG (mg/dl) |
|
165.2 ± 58.5 |
156.0 ± 55.3 |
137.8 ± 26.6 |
186.9 ± 64.3 |
0.004 |
153.9 ± 55.1 |
142.0 ± 29.5 |
191.8 ± 64.4 |
0.001 |
| 18 m – FG (mg/dl) |
|
100.2 ± 23.9 |
86.7 ± 7.5 |
104.6 ± 6.9 |
118.6 ± 30.4 |
0.000 |
87.7 ± 8.9 |
101.5 ± 12.4 |
119.8 ± 30.8 |
0.000 |
| Preop - HbA1c (%) |
|
7.9 ± 1.8 |
7.5 ± 1.5 |
7.0 ± 0.8 |
8.6 ± 1.9 |
0.002 |
7.3 ± 1.3 |
7.7 ± 1.8 |
8.7 ± 1.9 |
0.000 |
| 18 m - HbA1c (%) |
|
5.4 ± 0.7 |
5.0 ± 0.6 |
5.5 ± 0.5 |
6.1 ± 0.6 |
0.000 |
4.9 ± 0.5 |
5.8 ± 0.1 |
6.1 ± 0.7 |
0.000 |
| %WL |
|
33.1 ± 9.4 |
36.1 ± 7.9 |
27.1 ± 7.2 |
31.0 ± 10.4 |
0.001 |
35.6 ± 8.1 |
29.4 ± 8.3 |
31.0 ± 10.5 |
0.014 |
| %EWL |
|
70.7 ± 21.0 |
75.9 ± 17.7 |
57.0 ± 15.3 |
68.6 ± 24.4 |
0.007 |
74.9 ± 17.7 |
63.3 ± 22.5 |
68.0 ± 23.7 |
0.070 |
| Duration of diabetes (years) |
|
7.6 ± 7.5 |
5.1 ± 4.0 |
4.4 ± 4.8 |
11.9 ± 9.9 |
0.001 |
5.3 ± 4.3 |
4.6 ± 3.5 |
12.6 ± 10.0 |
0.000 |
| Previous treatment with insulin |
No |
61 (55.5) |
39 (70.9) |
10 (71.4) |
12 (29..3) |
0.000 |
37 (67.3) |
14 (82.4) |
10 (26.3) |
0.000 |
| Yes | 49 (44.5) | 16 (29.1) | 4 (28.6) | 29 (70.7) | 18 (32.7) | 3 (17.6) | 28/73.7) | |||
Values show mean ± SD or number of patients and percentages (%).
“Preop” = preoperative; “18 m” = 18-month; “BMI” = body mass index; “FG” = fasting glucose; “HbA1c” = glycosylated hemoglobin; “%WL” = percentage body weight loss at 18 months; “%EWL” = percentage excess body weight loss at 18 months.