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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: Obes Surg. 2017 Nov;27(11):2873–2884. doi: 10.1007/s11695-017-2701-y

Table 2.

Percent weight loss 1 or 2 years after bariatric surgery across different patient characteristics stratified by surgery type

Bypass
Banding
% Δ Weight loss at
year 1 (n = 245)
p
value
% Δ Weight loss at
year 2 (n = 211)
p
value
% Δ Weight loss at
value year 1 (n = 212)
p value % Δ Weight loss at
year 2 (n = 183)
p
value

Overall 33.00 ± 8.84 32.43 ±10.16 16.07 ± 8.61 17.56 ± 10.55
BMI at baseline 0.007 0.01 <0.001 <0.001
 <40 33.29 ± 8.50 33.75 ± 9.35 19.73 ± 7.78 21.57 ± 8.96
 40–45 29.20 ± 6.75 30.34 ± 7.96 12.54 ± 8.29 8.73 ± 10.13
 >45 26.46 ± 6.24 23.78 ± 6.31 8.89 ± 4.74 8.52 ± 8.32
Gender 0.06 0.03 0.93 0.80
 Male 30.83 ± 10.12 29.33 ± 10.52 15.99 ± 8.93 17.23 ±11.09
 Female 33.50 ± 8.46 33.16 ±9.97 16.10 ± 8.49 17.68 ± 10.38
Mean age 0.02 0.63 0.18 0.14
 <40 years old 35.04 ± 9.05 33.18 ±9.93 16.54 ± 8.54 16.37 ± 12.12
 40–54 years old 32.29 ± 8.54 32.34 ± 10.51 16.95 ± 8.55 19.48 ±9.19
 55+ years old 30.81 ± 8.58 31.20 ± 9.75 14.37 ± 8.65 16.24 ± 10.32
Race
 Caucasian (ref) 34.48 ± 8.65 34.17 ± 10.16 16.26 ± 8.64 17.63 ± 10.77
 African American 29.77 ± 7.38 <0.001 28.87 ± 8.79 0.002 13.31 ± 8.22 0.11 14.79 ± 10.92 0.25
 Hispanic 31.79 ± 10.18 0.13 30.19 ± 10.41 0.07 17.58 ± 9.56 0.53 20.18 ±9.42 0.37
 Other 30.04 ± 10.10 0.22 32.96 ± 10.63 0.81 17.25 ± 6.82 0.71 18.57 ± 7.80 0.80
Education 0.81 0.81 0.11 0.07
 HS diploma/GED 33.62 ± 7.44 32.12 ±9.61 17.72 ± 9.90 20.76 ±11.93
 2-Year college 32.76 ± 8.86 33.17 ± 10.13 14.48 ± 8.11 15.69 ±9.68
 4-Year college or more 32.89 ± 9.80 32.30 ± 10.59 16.53 ± 8.24 17.46 ± 10.28
Household income 0.41 0.76 0.18 0.38
 $20,000 or less 31.40 ±9.51 31.33 ±9.68 15.76 ± 10.23 17.69 ± 10.51
 $20,001–40,000 34.00 ± 9.04 33.31 ± 10.86 15.03 ± 8.07 16.18 ± 12.36
 $40,001-$80,000 33.42 ± 8.14 32.46 ± 9.92 14.89 ± 8.47 16.57 ± 10.13
 Over $80,000 32.60 ± 8.78 33.13 ±9.74 17.79 ± 8.57 19.30 ± 9.23
Marital status 0.44 0.40 0.09 0.77
 Married 32.73 ± 7.87 32.85 ± 32.85 18.24 ± 8.42 18.36 ± 9.93
 Divorced/separated 31.49 ± 8.17 32.25 ± 32.25 16.73 ± 8.54 17.57 ± 12.96
 Never married 33.57 ± 9.31 34.65 ± 34.65 14.82 ± 8.79 16.88 ± 10.98
Comorbidities
 Arthritis 33.42 ± 8.82 0.62 33.92 ±11.58 0.19 15.69 ± 7.46 0.66 17.88 ± 8.69 0.77
 Diabetes 29.88 ± 8.24 <0.001 29.54 ± 9.74 0.001 14.73 ± 7.99 0.18 16.14 ±9.59 0.26
 Hypertension 32.39 ±9.15 0.16 31.75 ± 10.04 0.24 15.64 ± 7.79 0.44 17.55 ± 10.75 0.99
 Asthma 33.34 ± 9.23 0.71 34.42 ± 10.93 0.10 16.55 ± 7.81 0.68 19.65 ± 9.99 0.18
 Obstructive sleep 32.71 ± 9.05 0.60 32.97 ± 10.08 0.48 15.54 ± 8.72 0.36 16.69 ± 10.12 0.27
 apnea GI/GERD 32.60 ± 8.85 0.46 32.52 ± 10.37 0.91 16.84 ± 8.88 0.14 17.81 ± 10.53 0.72
 Depression 32.81 ± 8.89 0.72 33.27 ± 10.89 0.26 15.48 ± 7.87 0.30 16.07 ± 10.39 0.06
 Anxiety 32.69 ± 9.85 0.66 34.19 ±11.00 0.08 14.74 ± 7.25 0.05 14.56 ± 9.32 0.003
 Back pain 32.49 ± 9.34 0.37 32.63 ± 11.33 0.82 16.36 ± 7.46 0.67 16.62 ±9.11 0.37
 Anemia 31.20 ± 7.71 0.21 32.10 ± 10.57 0.82 14.62 ± 9.64 0.30 18.00 ±11.23 0.82
 Cardiovascular disease 29.36 ± 9.74 0.10 33.59 ± 8.04 0.65 13.17 ± 8.33 0.10 15.92 ± 10.10 0.49
 Other 34.56 ± 10.53 0.38 37.26 ± 12.07 0.15 15.84 ±7.26 0.91 13.86 ± 10.66 0.17
Smoker 0.70 0.06 0.20 0.20
 Current 33.95 ± 8.02 34.09 ± 9.34 14.95 ±11.00 9.31 ± 4.55
 Former 33.41 ± 9.02 34.19 ±9.93 14.98 ± 8.70 17.54 ± 10.27
 Never 32.56 ± 8.82 30.86 ± 10.27 17.11 ± 8.34 18.02 ± 10.91
Alcohol drinking 0.31 0.93 0.49 0.16
 Non-high risk drinker 32.76 ± 8.95 32.25 ± 10.26 16.01 ± 8.29 17.13 ± 10.55
 High risk drinker 34.41 ± 8.21 32.43 ± 9.76 17.14 ± 10.00 20.27 ± 10.73
Disordered eating at baselinea
 Emotional eating 0.55 0.29 0.77 0.80
 Score >50 32.64 ± 9.15 31.66 ± 9.48 15.90 ± 9.21 17.81 ± 10.66
 Score <50 33.32 ± 8.58 33.13 ± 10.73 16.25 ± 8.16 17.40 ± 10.56
 Uncontrollable eating 0.45 0.93 0.48 0.94
 Score >50 32.68 ± 8.69 32.47 ± 9.87 15.67 ± 9.00 17.70 ± 10.49
 Score <50 33.62 ± 9.02 32.34 ±11.04 16.52 ± 8.16 17.58 ± 10.82
 Cognitive restraint 0.65 0.17 0.29 0.04
 Score >50 33.22 ± 8.50 33.41 ± 9.85 15.58 ± 8.09 16.37 ± 10.60
 Score <50 32.71 ±9.13 31.49 ± 10.49 16.92 ± 9.68 19.70 ± 10.51
Average # of METs burned in a day 0.32 0.76 0.64 0.76
 1st Quartile (MET<33) 33.13 ± 8.97 33.14 ± 11.53 16.59 ± 8.15 16.96 ± 10.79
 2nd Quartile (MET33.01–34) 33.02 ± 7.08 31.00 ± 8.12 15.32 ± 9.03 18.54 ± 10.72
 3rd Quartile (MET34.0–36) 31.44 ± 9.56 32.23 ± 8.42 14.86 ± 7.30 16.53 ± 8.38
 4th Quartile (MET>36) 34.66 ±9.13 32.59 ± 11.11 16.78 ± 9.79 18.47 ± 11.76
Difficulty decreasing portion sizeb <0.001 0.009 <0.0001 0.002
 High difficulty 25.18 ± 8.02 27.13 ± 10.77 12.17 ± 6.13 13.55 ± 8.30
 Low difficulty 33.24 ± 8.21 33.66 ± 9.06 18.31 ± 8.71 19.51 ± 11.67
Difficulty decreasing fatb 0.05 0.003 0.07 0.14
 High difficulty 28.07 ± 7.13 27.35 ±11.27 14.12 ± 6.41 15.86 ± 8.19
 Low difficulty 32.92 ± 8.46 33.83 ± 8.87 17.53 ± 8.83 18.44 ± 11.32
Difficulty decreasing carbohydratesb <0.001 <0.001 0.57 0.45
 High difficulty 27.68 ± 8.29 28.17 ± 9.57 16.47 ± 6.91 16.91 ± 9.72
 Low difficulty 33.56 ± 8.17 34.61 ± 8.79 17.24 ± 9.08 18.33 ±11.20
Difficulty increasing proteinb 0.74 0.80 1.00 0.64
 High difficulty 31.94 ± 7.19 33.73 ± 10.18 17.06 ± 9.46 18.91 ± 9.66
 Low difficulty 32.67 ± 8.57 33.07 ± 9.31 17.05 ± 8.55 17.75 ± 10.98

Reporting mean ± SD

a

Disordered eating is categorized as high when the TFEQ-18 disordered eating scores were between 51 and 100 with higher scores indicating more of that behavior

b

Participants reporting a difficulty of 7 of higher (out of 10) are classified as having high difficulty