Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants
| Statistical test P values | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All participants (N = 43) | SG (n = 23) | RYGB (n = 20) | HG vs non-HG | SG vs RYGB | |||||||
| Characteristic | HG | Non-HG | HG | Non-HG | All | SG | RYGB | All | HG | Non-HG | |
| (n = 9) | (n = 14) | (n = 8) | (n = 12) | ||||||||
| Mean age, y, mean (SD) | 48 (10) | 41 (11) | 44 (11) | 50 (8) | 56 (7) | .11 | .29 | .03 | < .001 | .08 | .002 |
| % Female | 81 | 78 | 93 | 63 | 83 | .14 | .30 | .29 | .32 | .49 | .45 |
| % White | 61 | 67 | 43 | 88 | 58 | .20 | .45 | .16 | .38 | .31 | .53 |
| Current BMI, mean (SD) | 34.9 (6.8) | 38.0 (10.6) | 35.6 (5.2) | 33.0 (6.4) | 33.2 (5.0) | .70 | .76 | .46 | .95 | .87 | .88 |
| Preoperative BMI, mean (SD) | 48.4 (8.2) | 50.5 (9.2) | 47.5 (3.5) | 50.0 (11.3) | 46.9 (9.7) | .88 | .86 | .74 | .58 | .54 | .59 |
| Time since surgery, y, mean (SD) | 4.8 (1.4) | 3.9 (0.9) | 4.0 (0.9) | 6.1 (1.2) | 5.7 (1.4) | .65 | .39 | .77 | < .001 | < .001 | < .001 |
| No. of neuroglycopenic symptoms during MTT | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HG, hypoglycemia; MTT, meal tolerance test; RYGB, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; SG, sleeve gastrectomy.
All p values <0.05 are in bold