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Published in final edited form as: Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 Apr 19;16(8):1011–1021. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2020.04.011

Table 1.

Characteristics of adults prior to undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in the CVD risk score sample and CVD event sample, stratified by sex.

CVD risk score sample (N=12345)a No. (%)b CVD event sample (N=1770) No. (%)b

Female (N=1013) Male (N=221) Female (N=1413) Male (N=357)
Age, years
 Median (25th −75th %-ile) 45 (36, 53) 47 (38, 55) 45 (36, 53) 47 (39, 56)
 Range 19–70 19–75 19–73 19–75
Race N=1397 N=354
 White 860 (84.9) 204 (92.3) 1177 (84.3) 317 (89.5)
 Black 115 (11.4) 14 (6.3) 168 (12.0) 28 (7.9)
 Other 38 (3.8) 3 (1.4) 52 (3.7) 9 (2.5)
Ethnicity N=356
 Hispanic 39 (3.8) 7 (3.2) 72 (5.1) 15 (4.2)
 Non-Hispanic 974 (96.2) 214 (96.8) 1341 (94.9) 341 (95.8)
Married or living as marriedc 788/1302 (60.6) 231/332 (69.6) 788/1301 (60.6) 231/332 69.6
Education N=970 N=209 N=1303 N=332
 High school or less 231 (23.8) 45 (21.5) 312 (23.9) 73 (22.0)
 Some college 419 (43.2) 87 (41.6) 559 (42.9) 141 (42.5)
 College degree 320 (33.0) 77 (36.8) 432 (33.2) 118 (35.5)
Employed for payc 680/967 (70.3) 150/206 (72.8) 894/1298 (68.9) 231/328 (70.4)
Household income, US $ N=939 N=205 N=1263 N=326
 Less than 25,000 181 (19.3) 29 (14.2) 262 (20.7) 54 (16.6)
 25,000–49,999 278 (29.6) 58 (28.3) 368 (29.1) 79 (24.2)
 50,000–74,999 216 (23.0) 42 (20.5) 299 (23.7) 79 (24.2)
 75,000–99,999 141 (15.0) 30 (14.6) 188 (14.9) 49 (15.0)
 >100,000 123 (13.1) 46 (22.4) 146 (11.6) 65 (19.9)
Current smoker 18 (1.8) 5 (2.3) 32 (2.3) 11 (3.1)
N=1011 N=1410 N=356
Body mass index, kg/m2
 Median (25th −75th %-ile) 46.1 (42.2, 51.3) 47.4 (43.2, 53.0) 46.3 (42.1, 51.5) 47.8 (43.4, 53.3)
 Range 34.1–81.0 33.7–76.0 33.8–81.0 33.7–76.0
Hypertension medicationc 560 (55.3) 140 (63.3) 777/1394 (55.7) 239/353 (67.7)
Hyperlipidemia medicationc 266/1007 (26.4) 75/221 (33.9) 380/1379 (27.6) 147/352 (41.8)
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) N=1357 N=344
 Median (25th −75th %-ile) 189.0 (162.0, 215.0) 175.0 (153.0, 198.0) 188.0 (162.0, 215.0) 170.5 (148.0, 197.0)
 Range 84.0–384.0 96.0–298.0 84.0–384.0 96.0–469.0
High-density lipoproteins (mg/dl) N=1357 N=344
 Median (25th −75th %-ile) 44.0 (38.0, 53.0) 37.0 (32.0, 43.0) 44.0 (38.0, 52.0) 36.0 (31.0, 42.0)
 Range 21.0–107.0 21.0–83.0 21.0–107.0 15.0–83.0
Low-density lipoprotein (mg/dl) N=866 N=192 N=1160 N=299
 Median (25th −75th %-ile) 112.0 (89.0, 134.0) 105.0 (82.0, 124.0) 112.0 (89.0, 134.0) 101.0 (78.0, 124.0)
 Range 27.0–308.0 23.0–223.0 27.0–308.0 23.0–223.0
Triglycerides (mg/dl) N=863 N=192 N=1155 N=299
 Median (25th −75th %-ile) 137.0 (101.0, 191.0) 141.0 (106.0, 199.5) 138.0 (100.0, 193.0) 142.0 (107.0, 208.0)
 Range 37.0–1584.0 43.0–675.0 30.0–1584.0 43.0–1677.0
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) N=1383 N=354
 Median (25th −75th %-ile) 129.0 (120.0, 138.0) 133.0 (120.0, 142.0) 128.0 (119.0, 138.0) 130.0 (120.0, 142.0)
 Range 83.0–189.0 90.0–186.0 83.0–189.0 90.0–192.0
Type 2 Diabetes 314 (31.0) 90 (40.7) 455/1385 (32.9) 160/352 (45.5)
Hypertension 667 (65.8) 164 (74.2) 926/1387 (66.8) 281/353 (79.6)

Abbreviations: CVD, cardiovascular disease.

a

Participants free of pre-surgery history of cardiovascular disease and have cardiovascular disease risk score at pre-surgery and at least one follow-up assessment.

b

Denominator shifts between variables due to missing data. Data are reported as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated.

c

No./total (%).