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. 2021 Mar 8;13(3):878. doi: 10.3390/nu13030878

Table 2.

Reported food intake (4-days food recall) before (pre-op) and 6 months (post-op) after surgery.

Variables VSG
(n = 32)
p-Value
Pre-op vs.
Post-op
RYGB
(n = 12)
p-Value
Pre-op vs.
Post-op
p-Value Post-op
(vsg vs. rygb)
Food intake (g/d)
Pre-op 1173.0 ± 39.9 1083.0 ± 90.8 *
Post-op 568.7 ± 35.5 *** 707.3 ± 64.4 **
Energy intake (Kcal/d)
Pre-op 1564.5 ± 48.8 1557.3 ± 90.1 ns
Post-op 835.5 ± 44.3 *** 908.2 ± 61.0 ***
Carbohydrates (% energy intake)
Pre-op 46.1 ± 1.0 48.0 ± 1.2 ns
Post-op 44.0 ± 1.5 ns 47.7 ± 2.4 ns
Lipids (% energy intake)
Pre-op 34.0 ± 0.9 31.8 ± 1.3 *
Post-op 37.4 ± 3.1 * 32.6 ± 1.9 ns
Proteins (% energy intake)
Pre-op 20.0 ± 0.6 20.1 ± 0.7 ns
Post-op 18.8 + 0.6 ns 19.6 ± 1.0 ns

Means ± SD; *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01; ***, p < 0.001; ns, not significant; Pre-op vs. post-op, paired Student; VSG vs. RYGB, Student. Op, operated.