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. 2020 Jan 28;34(12):5522–5532. doi: 10.1007/s00464-019-07350-4

Table 3.

Postoperative changes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

(a)
Age (n) 18–24 (n = 84) 25–34 (n = 537) 35–44 (n = 1040) 45–54 (n = 1,427) 55–64 (n = 741) 65 + (n = 70) Overall (n = 3899)
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
Physical functioning 94.42 ± 10.54 92.90 ± 13.67 91.94 ± 15.58 88.19 ± 18.80 82.17 ± 22.11 84.44 ± 20.23 88.75 ± 18.35
Social functioning 88.42 ± 16.77 83.89 ± 22.03 87.05 ± 21.24 85.07 ± 22.61 84.12 ± 23.07 89.06 ± 20.19 85.40 ± 22.14
Physical role limitations 90.42 ± 24.83 86.17 ± 29.91 87.23 ± 28.79 84.45 ± 31.37 82.22 ± 31.89 87.50 ± 29.44 85.18 ± 30.49
Emotional role limitations 88.82 ± 27.28 83.14 ± 33.50 90.07 ± 26.37 86.61 ± 31.17 87.60 ± 30.28 94.43 ± 20.28 87.44 ± 29.96
Mental health 81.93 ± 12.64 78.02 ± 17.83 81.41 ± 15.96 80.37 ± 17.64 80.36 ± 17.16 85.26 ± 15.90 80.45 ± 17.06
Vitality 62.50 ± 20.14 63.20 ± 19.89 67.19 ± 19.74 67.49 ± 20.30 68.81 ± 19.77 74.54 ± 18.31 67.11 ± 20.04
Pain 87.42 ± 20.75 82.60 ± 23.44 82.76 ± 23.22 79.84 ± 24.59 76.44 ± 25.89 78.56 ± 28.79 80.48 ± 24.45
General health perception 57.47 ± 11.38 57.71 ± 15.01 60.42 ± 14.81 60.14 ± 14.84 59.44 ± 14.79 62.81 ± 15.59 59.75 ± 14.82
Health change 95.42 ± 13.41 94.17 ± 16.92 95.37 ± 15.17 94.61 ± 16.13 94.47 ± 16.59 95.83 ± 15.16 94.77 ± 16.01
(b)
Age (n) 18–24 (n = 84) 25–34 (n = 537) 35–44 (n = 1040) 45–54 (n = 1427) 55–64 (n = 741) 65 + (n = 70) Overall (n = 3899)
Delta ± SD Delta ± SD Delta ± SD Delta ± SD Delta ± SD Delta ± SD Delta ± SD
Physical functioning 24.17 ± 20.34 30.66 ± 22.87 31.75 ± 23.31 34.54 ± 23.14 36.76 ± 24.36 41.85 ± 24.73 33.61 ± 23.50
Social functioning 8.45 ± 24.03 13.03 ± 26.80 14.20 ± 28.57 13.99 ± 27.51 15.88 ± 28.40 16.13 ± 29.31 14.20 ± 27.84
Physical role limitations 16.25 ± 39.82 23.57 ± 43.65 27.49 ± 44.97 29.19 ± 45.80 33.11 ± 47.96 35.19 ± 47.71 28.57 ± 45.73
Emotional role limitations 4.47 ± 43.26 − 0.97 ± 39.34 6.24 ± 36.86 3.60 ± 40.44 12.83 ± 45.57 9.93 ± 34.10 5.56 ± 40.55
Mental health 7.07 ± 13.77 7.54 ± 18.36 8.44 ± 17.88 6.84 ± 18.46 7.99 ± 18.36 7.26 ± 20.46 7.59 ± 18.23
Vitality 3.75 ± 22.71 12.47 ± 22.74 16.68 ± 23.02 16.98 ± 22.39 18.38 ± 22.89 18.89 ± 22.12 16.32 ± 22.82
Pain 11.58 ± 28.36 17.95 ± 31.18 18.92 ± 27.69 20.99 ± 28.07 20.98 ± 27.36 21.57 ± 33.49 19.85 ± 28.42
General health perception 15.47 ± 18.15 21.40 ± 18.11 22.53 ± 17.34 23.53 ± 17.23 22.89 ± 16.30 23.93 ± 18.13 22.70 ± 17.28
Health change 42.50 ± 30.64 51.49 ± 30.40 55.08 ± 29.28 57.62 ± 28.81 58.16 ± 29.34 57.87 ± 24.68 55.91 ± 29.34

Postoperative unadjusted scale scores & pre- and postoperative change in scale scores (delta) per age group after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, measured with RAND-36

SD standard deviation