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. 2022 Nov 3;13:989202. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.989202

Table 1.

The anthropometry characteristics of the four AIM subgroups of obesity patients at baseline and 12-month post-surgery.

MHO HMO-U HMO-I LMO p value&
N 377 327 42 262
Man/Woman (woman %) 150/227 (60.2%) 134/193 (59.0%) 25/17 (40.5%) 120/142 (54.2%) 0.055
Age (years) 31 (25,37) 28 (23,34) 27 (20,32) 37 (30,46) <0.0001
Obesity duration (years) 10.0 (5.0,16.3) 10.0 (5.0,18.0) 10.0 (5.0,17.0) 15.0 (9.0,20.8) <0.0001
Type of surgery (RYGB%) 17.0% 13.1% 9.5% 37.0% <0.0001
Rate of diabetes (%) 33.2% 32.1% 9.5% 99.2% <0.0001
Diabetes duration (years) 0.5 (0,2.5) 0 (0,1.0) 0 (0,0.1) 1.0 (0,5.0) <0.0001
Weight (kg)
Baseline 103.5 (90.0, 124.6) 113.4 (98.3, 130.0) 116.6 (101.7, 129.7) 100.0 (86.0, 120.1) <0.0001
12 months 74.1 (64.1, 87.3) # 78.4 (66.9, 89.1) # 80.2 (71.1, 95.9) # 71.7 (62.1, 83.2) # 0.354
Absolute change -31.6 (-41.8, -23.7) -37.8 (-47.2, -31.3) -37.4 (-53.8, -31.9) -24.6 (-31.8, -17.1) <0.0001
Percent change (%) -29.4% (-35.7%, -25.0%) -33.5% (-38.3%, -26.9%) -34.0% (-37.6%, -25.0%) -24.4% (-30.2%, -20.3%) <0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)
Baseline 37.2 (33.3, 41.6) 39.2 (35.4, 44.0) 39.2 (36.3, 41.8) 36.4 (31.5, 41.0) <0.0001
12 months 26.9 (23.5, 30.1) # 27.0 (24.5, 30.3) # 27.1 (24.7, 29.1) # 26.7 (23.3, 29.4) # 0.781
Absolute change -11.1 (-13.9, -9.2) -13.3 (-16.3, -10.8) -12.5 (-16.2, -9.2) -8.9 (-11.3, -6.4) <0.0001
Percent change (%) -29.4% (-35.7%, -25.0%) -33.5% (-38.3%, -26.9%) -34.0% (-37.6%, -25.0%) -24.4% (-30.2%, -20.3%) <0.0001
Excess weight (kg)
Baseline 37.9 (25.3, 52.3) 45.3 (31.8, 58.4) 43.1 (34.8, 55.2) 33.8 (21.1, 49.3) <0.0001
12 months 8.1 (-1.3, 17.4) # 8.2 (1.4, 17.0) # 10.3 (1.9, 16.9) # 7.2 (-2.1, 15.9) # 0.696
Absolute change -31.6 (-41.8, -23.7) -37.8 (-47.2, -31.3) -37.4 (-53.8, -31.9) -24.6 (-31.8, -17.1) <0.0001
Percent change (%) -81.1% (-105.6%, -66.2%) -83.1% (-96.6%, -68.7%) -79.3% (-95.8%, -65.9%) -77.7% (-111.8%, -62.0%) 0.756
WC (cm)
Baseline 115 (106, 129) 120 (109, 130) 120 (111, 130) 116 (105, 128) 0.011
12 months 89 (82, 101) # 92 (85, 98) # 90 (84, 96) # 92 (83, 98) # 0.885
Absolute change -27 (-35, -19) -31 (-35, -23) -30 (-46, -26) -21 (-29, -14) <0.0001
Percent change (%) -22.8% (-28.6%, -16.6%) -23.9% (-29.9%, -19.5%) -26.7% (-30.9%, -22.0%) -18.2% (-23.7%, -14.8%) <0.0001
HC (cm)
Baseline 120 (112, 129) 124 (114, 132) 120 (113, 132) 115 (107, 125) <0.0001
12 months 101 (95, 106) # 100 (94, 107) # 103 (98, 107) # 98 (91, 105) # 0.486
Absolute change -20 (-25, -13) -23 (-28, -16) -19 (-33, -11) -13 (-19, -8) <0.0001
Percent change (%) -16.0% (-19.7%, -11.6%) -18.3% (-21.6%, -12.7%) -15.3% (-22.7%, -9.5%) -11.6% (-15.0%, -7.7%) <0.0001
WHR (ratio)
Baseline 0.98 (0.91, 1.02) 0.97 (0.93, 1.03) 1.02 (0.96, 1.07) 1.00 (0.96, 1.04) 0.006
12 months 0.91 (0.85, 0.95) # 0.90 (0.87, 0.95) # 0.88 (0.83, 0.93) # 0.92 (0.88, 0.97) # 0.065
Absolute change -0.08 (-0.12, -0.03) -0.08 (-0.13, -0.04) -0.13 (-0.18, -0.10) -0.07 (-0.10, -0.04) 0.065
Percent change (%) -8.2% (-11.8%, -3.7%) -8.3% (-12.2%, -3.9%) -12.8% (-16.8%, -10.8%) -6.7% (-10.4%, -4.1%) 0.062

Values are shown as ratio or median (IQR 25-75%), and analysis were adjusted for sex and age (except analysis for sex and age). MHO, metabolic healthy obesity; HMO-U, hypermetabolic obesity-hyperuricemia subtype; HMO-I, hypermetabolic obesity-hyperinsulinemia subtype; LMO, hypometabolic obesity; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; HC, hip circumference; WHR, Waist-to-Hip Ratio. #P< 0.01 vs. baseline; & the overall ANCOVA p values.