Table III.

Parameters of lipid and glucose metabolism before and at 3 and 6 months after sleeve gastrectomy. Statistical significance was compared between the pre-surgery status and the post-surgery follow-up examination results, 6 months after the operation

Parameter	Pre-surgery		3 months after surgery		6 months after surgery		Value of p
	Average	SD	Average	SD	Average	SD
Glucose [mmol/l]	5.58	0.67	5.45	0.68	5.29	0.65	NS
TC [mmol/l]	5.27	0.76	5.29	0.90	5.11	0.81	NS
TG [mmol/l]	1.97	0.78	1.60	0.50	1.31	0.49	< 0.001
HDL [mmol/l]	1.29	0.26	1.28	0.30	1.39	0.30	< 0.025
LDL [mmol/l]	3.06	0.72	3.28	0.75	3.18	0.69	NS
HbA1c [%]	4.03	0.48	3.54	0.34	3.59	0.39	< 0.001
C-peptide [pmol/l]	1702.77	661.34	1286.89	783.97	1208.93	546.96	< 0.002

Student's t-test at statistical significance of 0.05 was used; TC – total cholesterol, TG – triacylglycerols, HDL – high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL – low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HbA_1c – glycated hemoglobin