Table 1.

Data on the participating surgeons and centres

Individual surgeons’ data
Years of (surgical/endoscopic) experience (mean ± SD)	12.58 ± 6.95
Case load
< 500 500–999 1000–5000 > 5000	127 (24.1%) 84 (15.9%) 203 (38.5%) 48 (9.1%)
Hospital data
Type of bariatric practice
Private practice Government-funded practice Combination of both	210 (39.8%) 96 (18.2%) 157 (29.8)
Credentials primary hospital
District general hospital Teaching hospital University hospital	196 (37.2%) 99 (18.8%) 167 (31.7%)
Total number of beds at primary hospital
< 200 200–500 500–1000 1000–2000 > 2000	165 (31.3%) 146 (27.7%) 99 (18.8%) 40 (7.6%) 11 (2.1%)

SD standard deviation