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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Surg. 2013 Oct;23(10):1527–1535. doi: 10.1007/s11695-013-0970-7

Table 2.

Percent of Participants with Cognitive Impairment (T < 35).

Test Bariatric Surgery Patients (n = 95)
Obese Controls (n = 42)
Baseline 12-weeks 12-month Baseline 12-weeks 12-month
Memory
 Learning 24.2 21.1 9.5 23.8 40.5 19.00
 Short Delay 12.6 18.9 5.3 16.7 26.2 9.5
 Long Delay 15.8 18.9 5.3 11.9 26.2 14.3
 Recognition* 22.1 8.4 5.3 16.7 19.0 21.4
Attention
 Digit Span 3.2 5.3 1.1 2.4 7.1 2.4
 SOA - Number 10.5 4.2 5.3 9.5 2.4 7.1
 VI-Word* 4.2 6.3 5.3 11.9 9.5 16.7
Executive Function
 SOA - Letter/Number 9.5 6.3 8.4 9.5 4.8 7.1
 VI-Color-Word 6.3 5.3 1.1 11.9 0.0 2.4
 Maze Errors 12.6 6.3 7.4 21.4 11.9 16.7
Language
 Letter Fluency 16.8 11.6 13.7 14.3 11.9 4.8
 Animal Fluency 5.3 5.3 7.4 9.5 7.1 9.5

Note.SOA=switching of attention; VI=verbal interference;

*

Bariatric Surgery < Control at 12 months;

Baseline > 12 months within group.