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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Surg. 2017 Jun;27(6):1529–1532. doi: 10.1007/s11695-016-2514-4

Table 1.

Subject characteristics by sex.

Total
(N=60)
Female
(n=42)
Male
(n=18)
p-value*
Age at Surgery (years), (SD) 17.3 (1.72) 17.2 (1.67) 17.4 (1.89) 0.68
Age at Measurement (years), (SD) 20.8 (2.10) 20.8 (2.04) 20.7 (2.28) 0.84
Race 0.19
  White 71.7% (43) 66.7% (28) 83.3% (15)
  Non-white 28.3% (17) 33.3% (14) 16.7% (3)
Surgical Procedure, % (n) 0.30
  Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass 66.7% (40) 71.4% (30) 55.6% (10)
  Gastric Band 8.3% (5) 9.5% (4) 5.6% (1)
  Sleeve gastrectomy 25.0% (15) 19.1% (8) 38.9% (7)
Years since surgery, (SD) 3.5 (1.42) 3.6 (1.36) 3.3 (1.58) 0.42
Baseline Body Mass Indexa, median (IQR) 50.9 (45.4,58.4) 50.1 (45.2,57.0) 53.9 (48.7,60.8) 0.18
Visit location, % (n) 0.71
  Clinic 51 (85.0%) 35 (83.3%) 16 (88.9%)
  Home 9 (15.0%) 7 (16.7%) 2 (11.1%)
Body Mass Indexa at measurement, median (IQR) 36.6 (30.7,43.9) 36.6 (30.6,44.0) 37.3 (33.1,43.8) 0.87
Percent Weight changeb, (SD) −26.9 (16.04) −26.3% (16.01) −28.3% (16.49) 0.67
Measured Weight (kg), median (IQR) 103.8 (88.0,127.4) 98.5 (86.4,118.7) 112.6 (100.8,143.9) 0.03
Self-reported Weight (kg), median (IQR) 100.9 (86.1,124.1) 96.6 (85.0,113.6) 115.2 (100.0,147.7) 0.01
Difference in weightc, median (IQR) −0.3 (−2.7,1.6) −0.5 (−2.9,0.9) 1.1 (−2.5,2.9) 0.12
Days between Report & Measured Weight, (SD) 15.4 (8.85) 15.5 (8.27) 15.1 (10.33) 0.85
*

Females compared to males.

a

Using measured weight.

b

Percent weight change from baseline measurement.

c

Difference = (Self-report minus Measured).

SD = Standard Deviation.

IQR = Interquartile range.