. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Investig Med. 2013 Dec;61(8):1165–1172. doi: 10.231/JIM.0000000000000002

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the gastric banding surgery subjects (n=21)

Variables

Age (y)	49.3 ± 10.5

Female (%)	91

Race/Ethnicity (%)
White, non-Hispanic	57.1
Black	33.3
Hispanics	9.5

Body Mass Index (kg/m²)	41.1 ± 6.2

Duration from GB Surgery (y)	1.8 ± 1.5

Health Conditions (%)
Type 2 Diabetes	4.8
Hypertension	57.1
Hypercholesterolemia	52.4
Low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol	38.1
Hypertriglyceridemia	23.8

Values are means with standard deviations unless otherwise specified.