. 2017 Sep 4;7(9):e285. doi: 10.1038/nutd.2017.33

Table 1. Clinical characteristics of the Kuopio Obesity Surgery study (KOBS, n=122).

	Baseline	1 year	P-value
Gender (men/women)	40/82
Age (years)	47.2±8.7
Weight (kg)	128.9±19.3	98.9±18.2	<0.001
Body mass index (kg m⁻²)	44.6±6.0	34.2±5.7	<0.001
Fasting glucose (mmol l⁻¹)	6.4±1.5	5.5±0.9	<0.001
Fasting Insulin (mU l⁻¹)	19.7±12.1	10.7±9.6	<0.001
Total cholesterol (mmol l⁻¹)	4.3±1.1	4.4±0.9	>0.05
HDL cholesterol (mmol l⁻¹)	1.1±0.3	1.5±0.4	<0.001
LDL cholesterol (mmol l⁻¹)	2.5±0.9	2.4±0.8	>0.05
Triglycerides (mmol l⁻¹)	1.6±0.7	1.1±0.5	<0.001
Alanine aminotransferase (U l⁻¹)	45.7±31.0	26.7±16.1	<0.001

Values are presented as mean±s.d.

Statistically significant changes are in bold (P<0.05 in paired samples t-test).