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. 2022 Aug 1;32(10):3375–3383. doi: 10.1007/s11695-022-06224-4

Table 2.

Patient and intraoperative characteristics in each group of diet recommendations (group 1: 4 weeks, group 2: 2 weeks, group 3: 1 week)

Group 1
N = 150
Group 2
N = 106
Group 3
N = 111
p value
Women, N (%) 123 (82.0) 88 (83.0) 95 (85.6) 0.74
Age, mean (SD) 41.6 (11.3) 42.8 (11.4) 43.1 (11.4) 0.51
Body mass index (BMI), mean standard deviation (SD) 41.3 (3.8) 42.4 (5.0) 42.8 (6.7) 0.034
Severe obesity (BMI ≥ 40), N (%) 98 (65.3) 70 (66.0) 78 (70.3) 0.68
High blood pressure, N (%) 47 (31.3) 26 (24.5) 38 (34.2) 0.28
Diabetes mellitus, N (%) 29 (19.3) 25 (23.6) 11 (9.9) 0.025
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), N (%) 1 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 5 (4.5) 0.016
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), N (%) 81 (54.0) 48 (45.3) 57 (51.4) 0.38
Hiatal hernia, N (%) 29 (19.3) 26 (24.5) 21 (18.9) 0.51
Duration of surgery, minutes, mean (SD) 113 (34) 90 (30) 89 (25)  < 0.001

Type of anastomosis, N (%)

- Mechanical

- Hand-sewn

- Mixed

148 (98.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (2)

98 (92.5)

0 (0.0)

8 (7.5)

21 (18.9)

72 (64.9)

18 (16.2.0)

 < 0.001
Adhesiolysis, N (%) 7 (4.7) 4 (3.8) 5 (4.5) 0.94
Cholecystectomy (CCK), N (%) 20 (13.3) 18 (17.0) 9 (8.1) 0.14
Hiatus reconstruction, N (%) 25 (16.7) 10 (9.4) 9 (8.1) 0.07
Complication during surgery, N (%) 2 (1.3) 6 (5.7) 0 (0.0) 0.011