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. 2018 Jan 31;9:15–27. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2017.12.011

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of subjects.

Patient 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Average (±SD)
Sex F F M F F F F
Age at RYGB (yrs) 46 35 40 28 32 37 25 35 ± 7
BMI before RYGB (kg/m2) 38 50 50 37 47 49 54 46 ± 7
Preop DM? no no no no no prediabetes no
Onset of sxs (months post bypass) 12 19 6 56 100 32 asymptomatic 37.5 ± 36
Other problems hypopara-thyroid nausea/vomiting reflux anemia hypopara-thyroid
Complications of hypoglycemia car accident, LOC car accident Hand callous/inability to monitor glucose seizures severe headaches seizures n/a
Nadir glucose with OGTT (mg/dL) 44 44 38 60 46 54 64 50 ± 9.5
HOMA-IR at diagnosis (from OGTT) 2.08 0.85 0.61 1.58 1.12 1.54 0.92 1.2 ± 0.5
Hemoglobin A1C at diagnosis 5.70% 5.50% 5.50% 5.60% 5.00% 5.60% n/a 5.48 ± 0.2%
Treatment modalities implemented prior to reversal Dietary, acarbose, verapamil Dietary, acarbose, diazoxide, verapamil, octreotide Dietary, acarbose, diazoxide Dietary, acarbose Dietary, acarbose, prednisone Dietary, acarbose n/a
BMI at reversal (kg/m2) 27.5 24 33 28 30 23 28 27 ± 3.5
Reversal surgery date (months post bypass) 39 41 48 93 122 55 33 62 ± 33
Reversal anatomy normal sleeve gastrectomy sleeve gastrectomy sleeve gastrectomy sleeve gastrectomy normal normal
Weight change from G-tube MTT to post op MTT (lbs/BMI in kg/m2) 21 lbs
+3.2 BMI
−21 lbs
−3.9 BMI
28 lbs
+3.2 BMI
0 lbs −22 lbs
−3.5 BMI
17 lbs
+3.1 BMI
−14 lbs
−2.4 BMI
2 ± 19 lbs
0 ± 3.2 BMI
Total weight change with reversal (lbs/BMI in kg/m2) 38 lbs
+5.8 BMI
11 lbs
+2 BMI
128 lbs
+16.4 BMI
37 lbs
+5.1 BMI
2 lbs
+0.3 BMI
19 lbs
+3.5 BMI
13 lbs
+2.2 BMI
35 ± 43 lbs
5 ± 5.3 BMI
BMI at last follow up after reversal (kg/m2) 33.3 26.3 49.2 33 30.3 26.2 30 33 ± 8
Months of followup after reversal 47 18 34 20 9 3 11 20 ± 15