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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2008 Aug;248(2):233–242. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181820cbc

TABLE 5.

Preoperative BMI Odds Ratios for Successful Weight Loss Associated With Gastric Bypass and Gastric Band

Prospective Month Gastric Bypass (n = 958) Gastric Band (n = 560)


N (%) ≥40% EWL N (%) <40% EWL Successful Weight Loss* N (%) ≥40% EWL N (%) <40% EWL Successful Weight Loss*


Odds Ratio 95% CI for Odds Ratio χ2 P Odds Ratio† 95% CI for Odds Ratio χ2 P
Month 6 0.12 0.08–0.18 136.25 0.0003 0.13 0.06–0.29 40.25 0.0001
 Preop. BMI >50 258 (28.7%) 158 (17.6%) 7 (1.3%) 174 (32.3%)
 Preop. BMI ≤50 449 (50.0%) 33 (3.7%) 84 (15.6%) 273 (50.8%)
Month 12 0.42 0.21–0.81 6.87 0.0147 0.29 0.18–0.47 29.35 0.0001
 Preop. BMI >50 273 (42.0%) 27 (4.2%) 34 (8.5%) 107 (26.7%)
 Preop. BMI ≤50 336 (51.7%) 14 (2.1%) 134 (33.4%) 126 (31.4%)
Month 18 0.51 0.21–1.24 2.27 0.1641 0.31 0.19–0.52 21.76 0.0001
 Preop. BMI >50 184 (44.7%) 14 (3.4%) 41 (14.2%) 72 (24.9%)
 Preop. BMI ≤50 206 (50.0%) 8 (1.9%) 113 (39.1%) 63 (21.8%)
Month 24 0.66 0.24–1.80 0.64 0.4228 0.43 0.24–0.78 7.7 0.0055
 Preop. BMI >50 122 (45.7%) 10 (3.8%) 37 (18.1%) 38 (18.6%)
 Preop. BMI ≤50 128 (47.9%) 7 (2.6%) 89 (43.7%) 40 (19.6%)
Overall (months 6–24) 0.23 0.15–0.36 49.04 0.0003 0.34 0.22–0.51 28.52 0.0001
 Preop. BMI >50 349 (36.4%) 91 (9.5%) 36 (6.4%) 154 (27.5%)
 Preop. BMI ≤50 488 (50.9%) 30 (3.1%) 151 (27.0%) 219 (39.1%)

The total evaluable sample (at the outset of postoperative follow-up) consisted of 1518 patients.

BMI measured in kg/m2.

*

Successful weight loss was a binomial variable defined as ≥40% EWL at each prospective study period for individual patients and unsuccessful weight loss was defined as <40% EWL.

Odds ratios were estimated from the corresponding 2 independent proportions (preoperative BMI group vs. successful/unsuccessful EWL) and represented the odds of successful weight loss for the preoperative BMI >50 group versus the preoperative BMI ≤50 group.

EWL indicates excess weight loss; overall, 24-month average; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval for the estimated odds ratio; χ2, likelihood ratio χ2 test statistic associated with the estimated odds ratio; P, P value associated with an upper one-tailed test; P values for the χ2 test are adjusted using the false discovery rate; N = sample size per group.