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. 2019 Jan 17;12(1):1–13. doi: 10.1159/000494333

Table 2.

Variables associated with treatment choice in patients with morbid obesity

Low-intensive lifestyle treatment
High-intensive lifestyle treatment
Bariatric surgery
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
All patients
 BMI 0.97 0.95, 0.99 1.00 0.97, 1.03 1.03 1.01, 1.06
 DM2 0.74 0.55, 0.99 0.90 0.63, 1.29 1.47 1.09, 1.99
 Employment 0.55 0.41, 0.73 1.85 1.29, 2.66 1.24 0.92, 1.67
 Joint pain 0.74 0.55, 1.00 0.91 0.63, 1.30 1.46 1.08, 1.96
 Lifetime adversity 1.35 1.03, 1.77 1.11 0.80, 1.53 0.67 0.51, 0.89
Female gender
 BMI 0.96 0.93, 0.99 1.01 0.98, 1.05 1.03 1.00, 1.06
 DM2 0.68 0.45, 1.01 0.90 0.55, 1.48 1.58 1.06, 2.35
 Employment 0.52 0.37, 0.74 2.21 1.40, 3.49 1.16 0.81, 1.66
 Joint pain 0.62 0.43, 0.90 1.02 0.66, 1.58 1.59 1.10, 2.28
 Lifetime adversity 1.32 0.94, 1.84 1.34 0.90, 2.01 0.61 0.44, 0.87
Male gender
 BMI 0.98 0.94, 1.03 0.97 0.92, 1.02 1.04 1.00, 1.09
 DM2 0.79 0.49, 1.27 0.83 0.48, 1.44 1.49 0.91, 2.43
 Employment 0.59 0.36, 0.98 1.25 0.68, 2.31 1.52 0.88, 2.63
 Joint pain 1.07 0.64, 1.80 0.74 0.39, 1.40 1.17 0.68, 2.01
 Lifetime adversity 1.55 0.95, 2.52 0.79 0.44, 1.42 0.74 0.44, 1.26

DM2, type 2 diabetes. The odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence interval (CI) are presented for all patients and stratified by gender.