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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015 Sep 17;3(11):855–865. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00290-9

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics at Baseline (mean (standard deviation))

Euglycemic Prediabetes Diabetes

Surgery
(n=1355)
Controls
(n=1481)
P Surgery
(n=301)
Controls
(n=290)
P Surgery
(n=343)
Controls
(n=260)
P
Women, n (%) 998 (74%) 1083 (73%) ·75 213 (71%) 203 (70%) ·84 202
(59%)
156
(60%)
·78
Age, years 47 (6) 48 (6) <·001 48 (6) 50 (6) <·001 49 (6) 50 (6) ·001
Procedure type, n (%)
 VBGa 938 (69%) 200 (66%) 227 (66%)
 Gastric banding 259 (19%) 52 (17%) 61 (18%)
 Gastric bypass 158 (12%) 49 (16%) 55 (16%)
Height, cm
 Women 165 (6) 165 (6) ·85 164 (6) 165 (6) ·75 164 (6) 166 (6) ·10
 Men 179 (6) 180 (7) ·01 179 (7) 179 (7) ·66 180 (7) 178 (7) ·03
Weight, kg
 Women 116 (13) 110 (14) <·001 119 (15) 114 (16) ·001 115 (14) 112 (14) ·09
 Men 132 (16) 125 (16) <·001 132 (18) 126 (15) ·03 135 (18) 123 (18) <·001
Body mass index, kg/m2
 Women 42·7 (4·2) 40·5 (4·5) <·001 44·0 (4·5) 41·9 (4·8) <·001 42·4 (4·4) 40·9 (4·5) ·002
 Men 41·2 (4·7) 38·4 (4·7) <·001 40·9 (4·8) 39·5 (4·9) ·054 41·8 (5·0) 38·7 (4·6) <·001
Waist circumference, cm
 Women 123 (10) 118 (11) <·001 126 (10) 121 (11) <·001 126 (11) 122 (9) <·001
 Men 130 (10) 123 (11) <·001 130 (11) 126 (10) ·04 133 (12) 125 (10) <·001
Smoking, n (%) 360 (27%) 301 (20%) <·001 70 (23%) 66 (23%) ·90 85 (25%) 53 (20%) ·24
University education, n (%) 177 (13%) 330 (22%) <·001 40 (13%) 55 (19%) ·06 39 (11%) 45 (17%) ·04
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Vertical-banded gastroplasty