Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	N (%)
Sex: female/male	108 (88.5 %)/14 (11.5 %)
PPI discontinued <7 days	79 (64.8 %)
Prior bariatric surgery	12 (9.8 %)
Cholecystectomy	26 (21.3 %)
Total prior abdominal surgery	55 (45.1 %)
	Median (range)
Age (years)	47 (24–64)
Time postoperative (months)	13 (12–24)
Current weight (kilogram)	82.1 (53–134)
Total weight loss (%)	31.6 (5.7–51.0)
CRP serum level (mg/l)	1.1 (0.1–32.8)

Subgroups are presented in number of patients (N) and percentages in parentheses (%). Continuous data is expressed as median and range in parentheses

PPI proton pump inhibitor, CRP C-reactive protein