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. 2018 Oct 16;320(15):1560–1569. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.14433

Table 2. Observed Weight Regain by Time Since Reaching Nadir Weight.

Time Since Reaching Nadir Weight
1 y 2 y 3 y 4 y 5 y
Weight measured, No. (%) 1265 (100) 1133 (93) 1057 (92) 966 (90) 771 (78)
Weight measurement missing, No. (%) 0 78 (7) 85 (8) 101 (10) 166 (12)
Reasons ineligible for weight assessment, No.
Pregnant at time point 21 10 14 14 10
Died prior to time point 0 4 5 7 12
Data collection ended prior to time point 0 61 125 198 327
Time since initial surgery, median (25th-75th percentile), y 3.0 (2.1-3.9) 3.8 (3.1-4.3) 4.6 (4.0-5.2) 5.3 (5.0-6.0) 6.0 (5.8-6.6)
Weight Regain Measures, Median (25th-75th Percentile)
Weight, kg 4.5 (2.3-8.2) 8.2 (5.0-13.2) 10.4 (5.9-16.3) 11.8 (7.3-18.6) 12.7 (7.3-19.5)
Body mass indexa 1.6 (0.8-2.8) 3.0 (1.7-4.6) 3.7 (2.2-5.8) 4.2 (2.6-6.7) 4.5 (2.7-6.8)
Percentage of presurgery weight 3.5 (1.7-6.1) 6.5 (3.8-9.7) 8.3 (4.8-12.2) 8.9 (5.7-14.0) 9.7 (6.0-14.4)
Percentage of nadir weight 5.7 (2.7-9.6) 10.1 (6.0-16.1) 12.9 (7.5-19.4) 14.2 (8.6-22.3) 15.0 (9.2-23.2)
Percentage of maximum weight lost 9.5 (4.7-17.2) 17.8 (10.2-27.3) 22.5 (12.9-34.5) 24.6 (16.1-39.4) 26.8 (16.7-41.5)
Clinically Important Weight Regain, No. (%)b
≥10 kg 205 (16.2) 441 (38.9) 542 (51.3) 551 (57.0) 474 (61.5)
≥5 body mass index pointsa 95 (7.5) 235 (20.7) 354 (33.5) 379 (39.2) 336 (43.6)
≥10% of presurgery weight 100 (7.9) 267 (23.6) 392 (37.1) 420 (43.5) 376 (48.8)
≥10% of nadir weight 297 (23.5) 576 (50.8) 676 (64.0) 669 (69.3) 559 (72.5)
≥15% of nadir weight 125 (9.9) 325 (28.7) 422 (39.9) 453 (46.9) 387 (50.2)
≥10% of maximum weight lost 604 (47.8) 859 (75.8) 880 (83.3) 839 (86.9) 667 (86.5)
≥20% of maximum weight lost 235 (18.6) 492 (43.4) 599 (56.7) 612 (63.4) 519 (67.3)
≥25% of maximum weight lost 148 (11.7) 340 (30.0) 465 (44.0) 476 (49.3) 427 (55.4)
a

Calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.

b

Based on how defined in the scientific literature.11,19,20,24,26,27,28