Table 1.
Group characteristics
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Age (at interview) | 37.4 ± 7.7 |
| Time from surgery (median; 1st–3rd quartile) (months) | 37.4 (25.2–53.5) |
| Pre-surgery BMI (mean ± SD) (kg/m2) | 42.2 ± 7.5 |
| Pre-surgery weight (mean ± SD) (kg) | 121.0 ± 19.9 |
| Current BMI (mean ± SD) (kg/m2) | 29.8 ± 6.3 |
| Current weight (mean ± SD) (kg) | 85.2 ± 18.0 |
| BMI loss (mean ± SD) (kg/m2) | 12.4 ± 6.3 |
| Weight loss (mean ± SD) (kg) | 35.3 ± 17.9 |
| Total weight loss (mean ± SD; %) | 29.4 ± 10.7% |
| Excess weight loss (mean ± SD; %) | 74.0 ± 30.4% |
| Patients who achieved 50% excess weight loss (%) | 386 (82.0) |
| Residency (%) | |
| - Village | 95 (20.2) |
| - Town < 20,000 inh. | 36 (7.6) |
| - Town 20,000–100,000 inh. | 102 (21.7) |
| - City (over 100,000 inh.) | 238 (50.53) |
| Education (%) | |
| - Primary | 7 (1.5) |
| - Secondary | 204 (43.3) |
| - Higher | 260 (55.2) |
| Currently employed (%) | 376 (79.7) |
| Type of surgery (%) | |
| - Sleeve gastrectomy | 332 (70.3) |
| - Roux-en-Y gastric bypass | 140 (29.7) |