Table 4.

Participant characteristics

Participant	Gender	Age	Status	No. of children	Pre‐op weight (kg); self‐reported	Time from surgery (Mths)	Weight loss (kg)	Type of operation	Risk attitude profile	% of weight lost; self‐reported (%)	Weight at interview (kg)
A	F	51	Married, self‐employed	3	109	14	32	Gastric sleeve	Accepter	28	78
C	F		Cohabiting, unemployed	2	128	9	44	(mini)Gastric bypass	Accepter	34.4	84
G	M	44	Married, full‐time employed	2	199	8	47	Gastric sleeve (balloon first)	Accepter	23.8	152
H	F	64	Married, part‐time employed	3 children, 3 grand‐children	105	5	21	Gastric bypass	Accepter	20.9	83
I	F	60	Married, unemployed	3 children, 1 grand‐child	146	12	47	Gastric bypass	Accepter	32.6	97
J	M	47	Married, full‐time employed	2 children, 2 grand‐children	133	10	47	Gastric bypass	Accepter	35.7	85
L	M	52	Widowed, full‐time employed	2	122	16	47	Gastric bypass	Accepter	38.8	11.8
N	F	50	Married, part‐time employed	2 children, 1 grand‐child	127	15	57	Gastric bypass	Accepter	45	11
O	F	38	Married, unemployed	2	134	13	73	Gastric bypass	Accepter	54.9	9.5
P	M	36	Single, unemployed	0	203	5	48	Gastric sleeve	Accepter	23	24.5
Q	F	52	In a relationship, full‐time employed	1	103	6	24	Gastric bypass (conversion from gastric band)	Accepter	25	12.4
R	F	50	Single, full‐time employed	0	119	24	41	Bypass	Accepter	37	11.4
B	F		Cohabiting, full‐time employed	1	153	7	53	Bypass	Contender	35	15.4
D	F	47	Divorced, full‐time employed	2	131	14	34	Bypass	Contender	26.4	15.3
E	M	49	Single, self‐employed	0	210	15	51	Sleeve (after balloon)	Contender	27.2	24.0
K	F	52	Cohabiting, unemployed	2	133	10	29	Sleeve	Contender	21.4	16.5
M	M	55	Married, unemployed	2 children, 1 grand‐child	158	6	19	Sleeve	Contender	12.8	21.0
F	M	48	Cohabiting, unemployed	0	146	14	44	Sleeve	Challenger	30.4	16.0