Table 4.

Excess BMI loss (EBMIL) and excess weight loss (EWL) between superobese non-banded and banded population

	Superobese non-banded (N = 11)			Superobese banded (N = 16)
	N (%)	EBMIL (%)	EWL (%)	N (%)	EBMIL (%)	EWL (%)	P value between EBMIL	P value between EWL
3 m	11/11 (100%)	24.3 ± 10.5	23.9 ± 4.8	15/16 (93.7%)	29.4 ± 8.4	28.5 ± 9.2	0.1	0.1
6 m	10/11 (90.9%)	42.9 ± 17.6	40.2 ± 14.3	15/16 (93.7%)	47.3 ± 12	44 ± 12.3	0.4	0.4
9 m	9/10 (90%)	50.6 ± 21.1	48 ± 19.2	13/15 (86.6%)	59 ± 14.1	55.2 ± 14.7	0.2	0.3
12 m	8/10 (80%)	61.6 ± 24.6	58.5 ± 21.5	13/14 (92.8%)	68.4 ± 15.8	63.8 ± 16	0.4	0.5
24 m	8/9 (88.8%)	69 ± 26.7	63.2 ± 23	11/11 (100%)	74.8 ± 17.2	70.6 ± 17.4	0.5	0.4
36 m	8/9 (88.8%)	68.3 ± 28	62.3 ± 24.2	6/8 (75%)	84.9 ± 14.2	80.4 ± 13.3	0.2	0.1
48 m	7/7 (100%)	63.3 ± 31.3	58.2 ± 26.8	3/4 (75%)	84.5 ± 4.7	78.4 ± 1.2	0.2	0.2
60 m	6/6 (100%)	67.1 ± 29.4	61.6 ± 24.6	2/3 (66.6%)	81.9 ± 1.6	78.3 ± 1.6	0.5	0.3

Abbreviations: n, number of patients; NLSG, non-banded laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy; BLSG, banded laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy