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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Surg. 2015 Dec;25(12):2376–2385. doi: 10.1007/s11695-015-1708-5

Table 2.

Mean and standard deviation values of physical and clinical characteristics among eight patients undergoing RYGB and eight patients undergoing AGB

Roux-en Y gastric bypass
Lap adjustable gastric band
P valueb RYGB pre vs. AGB pre
Mean±SD or N (%) P valuea Mean±SD or N (%) P valuea


Pre op Post op Pre vs. post Pre op Post op Pre vs. post
Total N 8 8
N with T2DM 7 3
Age (years) 49.7±3.1 42.2±4.5 0.23
Sex (female) 6 (75 %) 8 (100 %) 0.36
BMI (kg/m2) 40.3±1.7 39.2±1.6 0.64 40.9±2.0 40.3±1.9 0.83 0.82
FPG (mg/dL) 170.1±13.6 102.8±5.0 <0.001 106.7±15.1 110.6±9.5 0.32 0.007
FPI (mU/L) 10.3±1.3 3.3±0.6 <0.001 5.8±1.9 5.8±1.9 0.50 0.09
HOMA-IR 4.2±0.5 0.8±0.1 <0.001 1.8±0.6 1.6±0.5 0.80 <0.05

BMI body mass index, FPG fasting plasma glucose, FPI fasting plasma insulin, HOMA-IR homeostasis model of assessment for insulin resistance

a

P values represent significance level of difference between pre op and post op in each surgery group

b

P values represent significance level of difference between RYGB pre op and AGB pre op. All p values were determined by Student t test except gender, which is determined by chi-square