Table 5.

Postoperative delta scale scores of sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

	Sleeve gastrectomy	Roux-en-Y gastric bypass	Beta estimate	p-value
	n = 965	n = 3899
	Delta mean ± SD	Delta mean ± SD
Physical functioning	31.46 ± 24.24	33.61 ± 23.50	2.758	0.008*
Social functioning	14.85 ± 27.48	14.20 ± 27.84	− 0.821	0.509
Physical role limitations	28.28 ± 44.38	28.57 ± 45.73	− 1.352	0.505
Emotional role limitations	6.99 ± 38.94	5.56 ± 40.55	− 2.650	0.141
Mental health	7.65 ± 18.32	7.59 ± 18.23	0.483	0.544
Vitality	14.31 ± 21.64	16.32 ± 22.82	0.919	0.361
Pain	17.77 ± 27.17	19.85 ± 28.42	1.148	0.360
General health perception	19.76 ± 17.20	22.70 ± 17.28	2.607	< 0.001*
Health change	54.22 ± 31.02	55.91 ± 29.34	− 0.072	0.957

Postoperative delta scale scores of sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, measured with RAND-36. Beta’s were estimated using linear regression and adjusted for T2DM, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and musculoskeletal pain. Compared with a multivariate logistic regression analysis

SD standard deviation, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus

*Statistically significant results and clinically relevant difference measured