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Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Nov 6;18(5):1070–1081.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.10.048

Table 3.

Clinical and demographic predictors of nutrient levels*

Ferritin (log) Transferrin Vitamin B12 (log) Folate Vitamin A Vitamin D PTH (log)
Surgery type:
 Gastric Bypass −0.26 (0.08) 17.2 (4.28) −0.28 (0.06) −0.06 (0.49) −26.9 (10.4) 0.18 (0.86) 0.24 (0.04)
 Sleeve Gastrectomy 0
p=0.002
0
p<0.0001
0
p<0.0001
0
p=0.89
0
p=0.01
0
p=0.83
0
p<0.0001
Visit:
 Year 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Year 2 −0.26 (0.10) 6.76 (5.13) −0.04 (0.07) 0.47 (0.59) −10.3 (13.2) −0.06 (1.08) 0.02 (0.05)
 Year 3 −0.53 (0.10) 21..2 (5.32) −0.03 (0.07) 1.18 (0.61) −14.4 (13.6) 0.38 (1.12) 0.02 (0.05)
 Year 4 −0.62 (0.11) 30.0 (5.40) −0.10 (0.07) 2.06 (0.62) −26.9 (13.7) 0.11 (1.13) 0.07 (0.05)
 Year 5 −0.69 (0.11)
p<0.0001
34.1 (5.45)
p<0.0001
−0.03 (0.07)
p=0.74
2.54 (0.62)
p<0.0001
−15.7 (13.9)
p=0.40
0.31 (1.14)
p=0.99
0.12 (0.05)
p=0.13
Sex:
 Female −0.62 (0.07) 24.9 (3.64) 0.003 (0.05) 1.00 (0.42) 5.46 (9.24) 1.89 (0.76) 0.01 (0.04)
 Male (reference) 0
p<0.0001
0
p<0.0001
0
p=0.95
0
p=0.02
0
p=0.55
0
p=0.01
0
p=0.70
Race:
 Black 0.19 (0.08) −15.3 (3.95) 0.03 (0.05) −0.94 (0.45) −35.5 (10.0) −5.02 (0.84) 0.13 (0.04)
 Other 0.22 (0.13) −14.6 (6.77) 0.13 (0.09) −1.54 (0.80) 1.47 (17.0) −3.26 (1.44) 0.04 (0.07)
 White (reference) 0
p=0.02
0
P=0.0002
0
p=0.37
0
p=0.03
0
P=0.002
0
p<0.0001
0
P=0.001
Education:
 HS graduate 0.17 (0.12) 1.49 (5.90) 0.12 (0.08) 0.05 (0.67) 19.4 (15.0) −0.94 (1.23) −0.04 (0.06)
 College −0.01 (0.12) 8.12 (5.86) 0.14 (0.08) −0.07 (0.67) 6.73 (14.8) −0.58 (1.22) 0.004 (0.06)
 College graduate 0.18 (0.13) 1.58 (6.43) 0.13 (0.09) 0.51 (0.74) 26.5 (16.2) −0.88 (1.34) −0.05 (0.06)
 <High school (reference) 0
p=0.04
0
p=0.23
0
p=0.35
0
p=0.72
0
p=0.19
0
p=0.87
0
p=0.54
Weight change (+5 kg/y) −0.03 (0.01)
p=0.04
2.42 (0.71)
p=0.0007
0.009 (0.01)
p=0.37
0.32 (0.08)
p=0.0001
5.17 (1.81)
p=0.004
−0.47 (0.15)
p=0.002
0.02 (0.01)
p=0.02
Acid suppression −0.03 (0.10)
p=0.74
2.14 (5.00)
p=0.67
−0.002 (0.07)
p=0.98
NA NA NA NA
hsCRP 0.31 (0.05)
p<0.0001
−9.45 (2.50)
p=0.0002
NA NA NA NA NA
Multivitamin supplements/wk:
 <7
 7-14 −0.07 (0.09) 1.97 (4.44) 0.008 (0.07) 1.41 (0.51) −8.85 (11.3) 3.26 (0.98) −0.02 (0.05)
 14+ −0.07 (0.08) −1.26 (3.89) 0.10 (0.06) 2.35 (0.45) 6.77 (9.95) 4.00 (0.90) −0.06 (0.05)
 0 (reference) 0.22 (0.10)
0
p=0.05
−2.39 (5.26)
0
p=0.85
0.26 (0.07)
0
p=0.003
2.57 (0.60)
0
p<0.0001
34.4 (13.3)
0
p=0.02
5.47 (1.15)
0
p<0.0001
−0.09 (0.06)
0
p=0.43
Vitamin D supplements/wk: NA NA NA NA NA
 <7 1.17 (1.02) −0.10 (0.05)
 7+ 4.51 (0.95) 0.005 (0.05)
 0 (reference) 0
p<0.0001
0
p=0.12
Vitamin B12 supplements/wk: NA NA NA NA NA NA
 <7
 7+ 0.07 (0.07)
 0 (reference) 0.30 (0.07)
0
p<0.0001
Calcium supplements/wk: NA NA NA NA NA
 <7 −0.07 (0.06)
 7-14 0.02 (0.05)
 14+ 0.01 (0.05)
 0 (reference) 0
p=0.53
*

Nutrient level is modelled as either raw or log value showing beta estimate (standard error). P-values reflect test for overall significance of each variable.