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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2014 Oct;156(4):806–813. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.06.070

Table 3.

Body weight, body composition and thermogenic changes in the RYGB and AGB groups at 6 months (Visit 3).

RYGB
(n=14)
AGB
(n=7)
p value
Weight (kg), V1 134.2±19.5 119.8±11.6
Weight (kg), V3 98.5±15.9 107.3±14.5
Weight (kg) V1–3 −35.7±5.2 −12.5±6.3 <0.01
p value <0.01 <0.01
%EWL V1–3 48.7±10.0 20.5±11.4 <0.01
Fat* (kg), V1 60.2±8.3 56.1±7.2
Fat* (kg), V3 36.4±8.3 49.0±7.9
ΔFat (kg) V1–3 −23.9±4.6 −7.2±3.6 <0.01
p value <0.01 0.01
% Fat*, V1 48.3±5.9 47.2±4.7
% Fat*, V3 39.6±8.1 44.3±4.7
Δ% Fat V1–3* 8.67±3.18 −2.90±2.31 <0.01
p value <0.01 0.03
LBM* (kg), V1 62.4±12.7 60.2±8.4
LBM* (kg), V3 53.1±11.4 56.2±8.8
ΔLBM(kg) V1–3 −9.2±2.9 −4.0±3.0 0.01
p value <0.01 0.02
% LBM*, V1 49.5±5.7 50.5±4.4
% LBM*, V3 57.4±7.8 52.1±4.5
Δ% LBM V1–3* 7.95±3.02 1.58±1.54 <0.01
p value <0.01 0.05
REE, V1 2096±298 1840±202
REE, V3 1777±270 1684±278
ΔREE V1–3 −318±149 −157±145 0.05
p value <0.01 0.05
Wt-REE, V1 15.0±1.0 15.2±1.4
Wt-REE, V3 17.6±1.8 15.4±1.4
ΔWt-REE V1–3 2.58±1.51 0.20±0.70 <0.01
p value <0.01 0.52
LBM-REE, V1 30.9±2.6 31.3±4.8
LBM-REE, V3 32.1±4.0 31.3±3.7
ΔLBM-REE V1–3 1.14±2.56 0.05±1.59 0.37
p value 0.25 0.95

RYGB = Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; AGB = adjustable gastric banding; %EWL = percent excess weight loss; LBM = lean body mass; V1 = Visit 1 (baseline); V3 = Visit 3 (6 months); REE = resting energy expenditure, kcal/d; Wt-REE = weight-adjusted REE, kcal/kg/d; LBM-REE = LBM adjusted REE, kcal/kg/d;

*

fat and LBM by DXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry)