Table 1.

Patient characteristics in proteomics, confirmation and diet groups

Patient group	Proteomics (n=7)	Confirmation (n=9)	Diet (n=12)
Female	4 (57.1%)	7 (77.8%)	8 (66.7%)
Diabetes	2 (28.6%)	4 (44.4%)	6 (50%)
Re-gastroplasty	3 (42.9%)	1 (11.1%)	0 (0%)

	Median	Average	Median	Average	Median	Average
Age	46.0	46.0	49.0	50.4	56.5	52.8
BMI periop.	41.6	40.7	40.3	40.3	39.1	39.6
BMI postop.	30.0	31.3	31.8	31.8	30.3	30.7
BMI change	−8.9	−9.4	−8.8	−8.5	−9.0	−8.9
%EBMIL	66.4	58.9	59.4	58.2	61.9	61.3

BMI, body mass index (kg/m²); %EBMIL, per cent excess BMI loss.