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. 2015 Jun 17;2015:152852. doi: 10.1155/2015/152852

Table 1.

General characteristics of the noncontrolled single-arm LMGB studies.

Study characteristics Baseline patient demographics 1-year postoperative results
Author Year Region Number 
(M/F)
Age  
(range)
BMI  
(kg/m2)
Weight  
(kg)
WC (cm) T2DM  
patients
%EWL BMI (kg/m2)/ΔBMI Weight/weight loss (kg) Remission or  improvement of T2DM
Carbajo et al. [18] 2005 Spain 209  
(37/172)
41 
(14–66)
48 
(39–86)
NR NR NR 75%, 80% at 18 months NR/NR NR/NR NR

Rutledge and Walsh [19] 2005 USA 2410  
(361/2049)
39 
(14–78)
46 ± 7 
(34–74)
NR NR 24% 80% 29/NR NR/59 83%

Wang et al. [20] 2005 Taiwan 423 
(87/336)
30.6 ± 9.3 
(19–62)
44.2 ± 7 
(35.5–72.1)
120.3 ± 23.4 
(89–212.7)
NR 79 69.3% 29.2/NR NR 100%

Chakhtoura et al. [22] 2008 France 100 
(23/77)
40.9 ± 11.5 
(17.5–62.4)
46.9 ± 7.4 
(32.8–72.4)
131 ± 23.1 
(82–203)
NR None 63 ± 14% 31.9 ± 5.7/NR 89.8 ± 18.4/NR NR

Lee et al. [23] 2008 Korea 44 (6/38) 
114 (33/81) 
43 (19/24)
39 ± 8.9 
34.8 ± 9.2 
28.2 ± 8.7
31.7 ± 2.7 
40 ± 2.8 
51.4 ± 6
143.1 ± 9.8 
107.6 ± 5.1 
81.2 ± 5.1
103.4 ± 7.1 
117.6 ± 14.7 
137.8 ± 15.3
All NR NR/8.5 ± 2.2 
NR/12.4 ± 3.2 
NR/17.9 ± 5.8
91.4 ± 9.8/NR  
79.2 ± 5.5/NR 
60.4 ± 3.3/NR
87.1%

Peraglie [25] 2008 USA 16  
(2/14)
40 
(27–61)
62.4 
(60–73)
166 
(150–193)
NR NR 57%, 65% at 2 years NR NR/63 NR

Kim and Hur  
[26]
2011 Korea 10 
(2/8)
46.9 
(29–59)
27.2 
(25.3–29.9)
NR NR All NR NR/23.4 
(21.3–25.6)
NR/NR 70%

Piazza et al. [27] 2011 Italy 197 
(50/147)
37.9 
(20–55)
52.9 NR NR NR 65%, 80% at 2 years 39.4 ± 4.2/NR NR/NR 90%

Noun et al. [28] 2012 Lebanon 923 
(315/606)
32.77 ± 10 
(13–70)
42.5 ± 6.39 
(35–75)
121.64 ± 23.85 
(80–240)
NR 19% 69.9% ± 23.1% 28.3 ± 4.8/NR 80.3 ± 14.2/NR 85%

Kim and Hur [29] 2014 Korea 107 
(54/53)
46 ± 11 
(21–74)
25.3 ± 3.2 
(18–30)
NR NR All NR 22.9 ± 3.0/NR NR/NR 53%, 63% at 2 and 90% at 3 years

Kular et al. [31] 2014 India 1054 
(342/712)
38.4 ± 9.6 43.2 ± 7.4 128.5 ± 25.2 118.2 ± 15.7 674 (64%) 85%, 91% at 2 and 85% at 5 years 26.2 ± 3.1/NR NR 93.2% of remission; 
98% of improvement

Musella et al. [32] 2014 Italy 974 
(475/499)
39.4 48 ± 4.58 NR NR 224 (22.9%) 70.12 ± 8.35%, 77% at 5 years 31.88 ± 4.91/NR 91.5 ± 18.5/NR 87%, 84.4% at 5 years

NR: not reported; postoperative results at 6 months.