Table 1.

Physical characteristics of study participants at the time of surgery (n = 15) and three months post-surgery (n = 8).

	Surgery (n = 15)	Post-Surgery (n = 8)	p-Value
Age (years)	37 ± 6	35 ± 6	0.455
Sex	2 ♂, 13 ♀	1 ♂, 7 ♀
Height (cm)	164.9 ± 6.0	166.8 ± 7.7	0.518
Body weight (kg)	132.5 ± 10.4	119.2 ± 3.5 *	0.002
BMI (kg/m2)	47.1 ± 6.3	40.7 ± 5.6 *	0.025
Waist circumference (cm)	131.1 ± 12.6	115.4 ± 13.8 *	0.012

* p-value < 0.05; BMI, body mass index.