. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2016 Feb;26(1):38–43. doi: 10.1097/SLE.0000000000000219

Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

	Non-Medicaid (n=99)	Medicaid (n=33)	P-Value
Preoperative body mass index (kg/m²)	47.1	49.6	0.09
Patient demographics
Female gender (%)	78.8	90.9	0.19
Age (mean)	48.7	39.0	<0.001
Non-white race (%)	12.1	12.1	1.00
Preoperative comorbidities (%)
Hypertension	68.7	66.7	0.83
Obstructive sleep apnea	67.7	48.5	0.06
Gastroesophageal reflux	50.5	54.6	0.84
Hyperlipidemia	50.5	24.2	0.01
Type II Diabetes mellitus	40.4	54.6	0.16
Coronary artery disease	11.1	0	0.06

Bold values are p-value <0.05