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. 2016 Oct 7;5(1):1740. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-3392-x

Table 4.

Percentage excess weight loss (%EWL) at 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 months, for the LAGB, LRYGB, and the SADS

%EWL 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months 15 months 18 months
LAGB 22.5 28.4 29.9 30.3 30.4 30.4
CI (19.3, 25.7) (26.2, 30.5) (27.4, 32.3) (27.5, 33) (27.5, 33.2) (27.5, 33.3)
N 23/24 (95.8 %) 22/24 (91.7 %) 21/24 (87.5 %) 21/24 (87.5 %) 21/24 (87.5 %) 20/24 (83.3 %)
LRYGB 35.2 53.5 63.6 69.1 71.7 73.2
CI (31.5, 38.9) (49.9, 57.1) (60.3, 66.9) (65.3, 72.9) (67.2, 76.1) (68, 78.3)
N 12/14 (85.7 %) 12/14 (85.7 %) 12/14 (85.7 %) 12/14 (85.7 %) 12/14 (85.7 %) 11/14 (78.6 %)
SADS 40.4 50.6 59.3 67.4 74.2 80.3
CI (34.5, 46.3) (45.7, 55.5) (55, 63.7) (62.6, 72.2) (69.1, 79.4) (74.7, 86.2)
N 14/15 (93.3 %) 12/15 (80 %) 10/15 (66.7 %) 9/11 (81.8 %) 7/10 (70 %) 7/8 (87.5 %)
p value >.05 >.05 >.05 >.05 >.05 >.05

LAGB laparoscopic gastric banding, LRYGB laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, SADS single anastomosis duodenal switch,  %EWL percentage excess weight loss, CI confidence interval, N number of patients/percentage follow-ups available at each time point