Table 2.

Neuropsychological Test Performance in Bariatric Surgery Patients at Baseline, 12-weeks, and 36-months

	Baseline M(SD)	12-week M(SD)	36-month M(SD)
Attention/Executive Function
Digit Span Backward	48.84 (8.12)	50.38 (10.30)	53.22 (13.29)
SOA-A	55.74 (15.32)	61.91 (12.47)	54.25 (12.59)
SOA-B	54.89 (13.56)	59.22 (12.36)	60.06 (10.49)
Verbal Interference	54.64 (12.10)	62.75 (13.62)	65.62 (10.50)
Maze Errors	51.25 (13.32)	56.76 (12.62)	56.52 (12.67)
Letter Fluency	45.88 (9.69)	46.82 (9.77)	48.11 (9.59)
Animal Fluency	49.85 (10.44)	51.40 (9.99)	50.29 (12.15)
Memory
Learning	42.92 (9.78)	46.93 (10.63)	47.14 (14.75)
SDFR	45.67 (8.17)	48.73 (10.48)	52.32 (13.14)
LDFR	44.90 (8.54)	47.93 (11.39)	51.95 (11.99)
Recognition	42.06 (8.11)	52.64 (9.24)	54.83 (8.23)

Note. Averages were based on complete data for each time point.

Abbreviations—SOA = Switching of Attention; SDFR = Short Delay Free Recall; LDFR = Long Delay Free Recall