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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 16.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2012 Sep 19;308(11):1122–1131. doi: 10.1001/2012.jama.11164

Table 3.

Incidence and Remission Rates for Each Study Groupa

(No./Total) Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Control Group 1 Control Group 2

Incidence, % [95% CI]
(No./Total) Year 2 Year 6 Year 2 Year 6 Year 2 Year 6
Diabetes 0 [0–0%] (0/299) 2 [0–4%] (7/290) 5 [1–9%] (12/255) 17 [10–24%] (36/207) 7 [2–12%] (14/213) 15 [9–21%] (31/207)
Hypertension 4 [1–7%] (9/234) 16 [10–22%] (34/220) 22 [15–29%] (49/219) 31 [22–40%] (53/169) 23 [14–32%] (34/147) 33 [23–43%] (46/141)
Low HDL-C 3 [0–6%] (8/246) 5 [1–9%] (11/242) 26 [18–34%] (57/217) 32 [23–41%] (58/183) 32 [24–40%] (65/201) 38 [29–47%] (73/191)
High LDL-C 3 [1–5%] (9/334) 4 [1–7%] (13/328) 12 [7–17%] (38/321) 25 [18–32%] (66/265) 18 [12–24%] (44/248) 30 [22–38%] (71/237)
High Triglycerides 2 [0–4%] (4/237) 3 [0–6%] (8/234) 14 [8–20%] (32/232) 25 [17–33%] (48/194) 22 [14–30%] (40/186) 28 [19–37%] (50/177)
Remission, % [95% CI]
(No./Total) Year 2 Year 6 Year 2 Year 6 Year 2 Year 6
Diabetes 75 [63–87%] (66/88) 62 [49–75%] (54/87) 7 [0–14%] (6/93) 8 [0–16%] (6/72) 6 [0–13%] (5/88) 6 [0–13%] (5/83)
Hypertension 53 [43–63%] (90/169) 42 [32–52%] (68/164) 12 [5–19%] (18/152) 18 [9–27%] (23/128) 6 [1–11%] (9/157) 9 [3–15%] (14/153)
Low HDL-C 66 [57–75%] (108/165) 67 [57–77%] (107/161) 27 [18–36%] (46/170) 34 [23–45%] (43/126) 15 [6–24%] (17/111) 18 [8–28%] (19/108)
High LDL-C 57 [42–72%] (43/76) 53 [38–68%] (40/75) 17 [5–29%] (11/66) 22 [6–38%] (10/46) 6 [0–14%] (4/64) 10 [0–20%] (6/61)
High Triglycerides 69 [60–78%] (119/173) 71 [62–80%] (120/168) 29 [20–38%] (45/155) 33 [22–44%] (38/117) 29 [19–39%] (36/126) 34 [23–45%] (40/119)

Abbreviations: HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotien cholesterol.

a

95% CIs were adjusted for multiple comparisons.