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. 2022 Jan 28;32(3):593–598. doi: 10.1007/s11695-021-05847-3

Table 2.

Baseline, follow-up, and change in alcohol use and eating behavior scores across subgroups of participants based on change in high-risk alcohol use status after sleeve gastrectomy

Baseline non-high-risk drinkers p value Baseline high-risk drinkers p value
Remained
Non-high-risk drinker
(n = 68)
Developed
New high-risk drinking
(n = 16)
Persistent
High-risk drinker
(n = 6)
High-risk drinking resolved
(n = 7)
Baseline scores
  AUDIT-C Score, mean (sd) 1.3 (1.2) 2.4 (0.8) 0.001 5.2 (1.6) 5.0 (0.8) 0.81
  Cognitive restraint, mean (sd) 53.2 (16.9) 40.3 (15.6) 0.008 48.7 (18.8) 57.1 (20.0) 0.45
  Uncontrolled eating, mean (sd) 36.0 (21.2) 45.8 (22.5) 0.10 41.4 (29.9) 28.4 (19.7) 0.40
  Emotional eating, mean (sd) 44.9 (32.1) 61.1 (35.1) 0.079 48.1 (32.7) 30.2 (27.0) 0.30
Follow-up scores
  AUDIT-C score, mean (sd) 1.2 (1.1) 4.4 (0.6)  < 0.001 4.8 (1.0) 3.7 (0.7) 0.004
  Cognitive restraint, mean (sd) 61.7 (16.9) 64.0 (15.4) 0.63 50.0 (15.7) 61.1 (10.8) 0.16
  Uncontrolled eating, mean (sd) 14.5 (13.7) 14.8 (11.4) 0.93 15.4 (19.2) 16.0 (17.2) 0.95
  Emotional eating, mean (sd) 29.4 (27.3) 29.9 (19.3) 0.95 29.6 (28.7) 22.2 (21.3) 0.60
Change in scores (f/u – baseline)
  AUDIT-C score, mean (sd)  − 0.1 (1.0) 2.0 (0.8)  < 0.001  − 0.3 (1.0)  − 1.9 (0.9) 0.016
  Cognitive restraint, mean (sd) 8.7 (22.7) 24.8 (22.0) 0.015 1.3 (29.1) 4.0 (11.3) 0.83
  Uncontrolled eating, mean (sd)  − 21.5 (17.8)  − 31.0 (25.7) 0.087  − 25.9 (21.2)  − 12.6 (14.2) 0.26
  Emotional eating, mean (sd)  − 15.5 (31.3)  − 31.3 (24.1) 0.064  − 18.5 (26.0)  − 7.9 (18.9) 0.41