Table 1.
Baseline Data
| MWM N=28 |
Surgery N=29 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 53.9 (8.4) | 46.8 (8.1) | 0.0020 |
| Female | 79% (n=22) | 79% (n=23) | 0.999 |
| Race | |||
| Hispanic | 89% (n=25) | 86% (n=25) | 0.612 |
| African American | 4% (n=1) | 7% (n=2) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 32.4 (1.8) | 32.8 (1.7) | 0.331 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 106.7 (7.7) | 106.3 (10.1) | 0.862 |
| HOMA-IR | 3.5 (2.9) | 5.1 (3.4) | 0.076 |
| HbA1c | 7.9 (1.3) | 7.7 (1.4) | 0.622 |
| Requiring insulin | 39% (n=11) | 34% (n=10) | 0.084 |
| Triglycerides | 156.5 (69.1) | 196.9 (188.2) | 0.287 |
| HDL | 46.4 (13.2) | 47.2 (15.5) | 0.851 |
| LDL | 116.1 (55.9) | 101.8 (88.2) | 0.261 |
| CHOL | 193.9 (66.6) | 193.4 (61.7) | 0.977 |
| Systolic BP | 129.1 (19.0) | 126.4 (16.6) | 0.577 |
| Diastolic BP | 75.3 (8.1) | 77.0 (13.3) | 0.596 |
| Type of surgery selected | |||
| None | 100% (n=28) | 3% (n=1) | |
| LAGB | - | 17% (n=5) | NA |
| LSG | - | 55% (n=16) | |
| RYGB | - | 24% (n=7) | |
MWM – medical weight management
BMI – body mass index
HOMA-IR – homeostatic model of insulin resistance
HBA1c – glycated hemoglobin
LAGB – laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
LSG – laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
RYGB – laparoscopic Roux-en Y gastric bypass
Continuous data are presented as mean (SD) and were compared using a two-sample t-test; percentages were compared using Fisher’s exact test.