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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Feb 5;28(3):616–623. doi: 10.1002/oby.22725

Table 2.

Baseline and changes over a 5-year period in clinical characteristics among Teen-LABS participants.

Teen-LABS Baseline and Post-surgical Follow-up Time Points
pre-op 1-year 2-year 3-year 4-year 5-year
n 215 181 168 162 166 158
Age (yr) 17.0 (1.5) 18.1 (1.5) 19.3 (1.5) 20.2 (1.5) 21.1 (1.5) 22.1 (1.6)
Sex (male) (%) 25% 26% 23% 24% 24% 25%
Race
-White (%) 72% 72% 69% 70% 71% 72%
-Black (%) 22% 23% 25% 24% 23% 22%
-Other (%) 6% 5% 6% 6% 6% 6%
Height (cm) 168.2 (8.6) 168.2 (9.1) 168.8 (8.9) 168.1 (9.5) 168.8 (9.1) 168.3 (10.0)
Weight (kg) 149.9 (30.5) 104.8 (27.0) 105.5 (28.7) 108.5 (31.7) 111.5 (33.9) 113.9 (32.0)
BMI (kg/m2) 52.9 (9.4) 37.0 (8.9) 37.0 (9.8) 38.4 (10.9) 39.1 (11.4) 40.3 (10.9)
SBP (mmHg) 125 (13) 117(13) 119 (13) 118 (14) 120(14) 122 (14)
TC (mg/dL) 157 (30) 147(30) 150(29) 151 (29) 156 (35) 154(29)
HDL-c (mg/dL) 38 (9) 48 (11) 53 (12) 53 (14) 55 (15) 54 (15)
Smoking (%) 1.9% 3.3% 6.6% 8.6% 6.6% 10.8%
Diabetes (%) 13.5% 2.2% 1.8% 0.6% 2.4% 2.5%
Anti-HTN Meds (%) 22.8% 8.3% 4.8% 5.6% 6.0% 5.1%

Data are presented as mean (SD) and percentages.

Abbreviations (in order of appearance): pre-op = Before Surgery; BMI = body mass index; SBP = systolic blood pressure; TC = total cholesterol; HDL-c = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Anti-HTN Meds = prescribed anti-hypertension medications.