Table 2.
Surgical indications.
| Indications | Normal, n (%) |
Overweight, n (%) |
Obese, n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malignant | 32 (26) | 30 (26) | 29 (22) |
| Hernia | 30 (25) | 27 (23) | 27 (21) |
| Cholecystitis | 20 (16) | 18 (16) | 29 (22) |
| All other indications | 8 (6) | 12 (11) | 12 (9) |
| Diagnostic chronic liver disease | 7 (6) | 5 (4) | 8 (6) |
| Anal fistula | 6 (5) | 11 (9) | 6 (5) |
| Haemorrhoids | 5 (4) | 5 (4) | 7 (5) |
| Inflammatory bowel disease | 5 (4) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Other liver or pancreatic disease | 4 (3) | 1 (1) | 6 (5) |
| Gastrooesophageal reflux | 3 (2) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) |
| Pancreatitis | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Faecal incontinence | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 3 (2) |
| Appendicitis | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
| Diverticular disease | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |