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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2014 Nov 13;11(4):897–905. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.10.026

Table 5.

Percentage weight change by whether participants had postoperative (first three years) addictive behaviors

Percentage weight change by additive behavior p-(quartiles)
No Yes
n Median (quartiles) n Median(quartiles)
Any Addictive Behavior Disorder-SCID criteria 167 −30.7 (−38.0,−25.4) 34 −30.3 (−36.4,−26.7) 0.94
Alcohol Use Disorder-SCID criteria 185 −30.7 (−38.0,−25.4) 16 −29.6 (−36.6,−25.9) 0.59
Alcohol Use Disorder- SCID/AUDIT criteria 142 −31.7 (−38.8,−26.1) 34 −29.9 (−34.4,−26.7) 0.44
Non-Substance Use Addictive Disorder 182 −30.7 (−37.9,−25.4) 19 −30.0 (−36.4,−26.7) 0.71
Impulsive/Compulsive Buying 187 −30.7 (−37.7,−25.2) 14 −32.4 (−42.3,−27.6) 0.30

RYGB=Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass; SCID= Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV; AUDIT=Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test.

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These analyses had 80% power to detect a difference in % weight loss of 7–8%, i.e., the analysis was underpowered to detect a real difference smaller than this amount.