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. 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 4.

One-year Surgical Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery

Non-Medicaid (n=99) Medicaid (n=33) P Value
Follow-up interval (median no. of months) 13.5 12.3 0.24
Percent follow up at 1 year (%) 70.7 63.6 0.52
Percentage of excess body weight loss (%) 65.6 50.7 0.001
Change in body mass index (kg/m2) -15.1 -13.8 0.31
Resolution of comorbidities (%)
 Type II Diabetes Mellitus 63.3 76.9 0.49
 Hyperlipidemia 30.6 40.0 0.64
 Hypertension 47.8 60.0 0.55
 Gastroesophageal reflux 62.2 36.4 0.17
Marginal ulcer (%) 8.8 21.7 0.14
Anastomotic stricture requiring dilation (%) 13.0 21.7 0.33
Surgical revisions (%) 8.8 8.3 1.00
Mortality (%) 0 0 n/a

Bold values are p-value <0.05