Table 3.
Patient-reported reasons for weight regain
| Reasons for weight regain*† | Total LSG population (n = 578) n (%) |
LSG population with 5–10 years of follow-up (n = 400) n (%) |
LSG population with ≥ 10 years of follow-up (n = 178) n (%) |
P-value between 5–10 and ≥ 10 years of follow-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Did not follow guidelines | 302 (56.8) | 199 (49.8) | 103 (57.9) | 0.123 |
| • Lack of exercise | 276 (51.9) | 203 (50.7) | 73 (41.0) | 0.018 |
| • Sleeve enlargement¥ | 218 (41.1) | 138 (34.5) | 80 (44.9) | 0.032 |
| • Did not meet with dietitian | 205 (38.6) | 152 (38.0) | 53 (29.7) | 0.038 |
| • Difficulty controlling portion size, sweets, or alcoholic beverages | 21 (3.9) | 16 (4.0) | 5 (2.8) | 0.632 |
| • Mental crisis, emotional eating | 19 (3.5) | 12 (3.0) | 7 (3.9) | 0.618 |
| • COVID-19 consequences | 9 (1.7) | 7 (1.8) | 2 (1.1) | 0.727 |
| • Consequences of other diseases | 6 (1.1) | 4 (1.0) | 2 (1.1) | > 0.999 |
| • Antidepressants, steroids | 7 (1.3) | 5 (1.2) | 2 (1.1) | > 0.999 |
| • Intentional weight gain | 6 (1.1) | 6 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.184 |
| • Lack of support | 5 (0.9) | 2 (0.5) | 3 (1.7) | 0.179 |
| • Hypothyroidism | 3 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (1.1) | 0.232 |
| • As a consequence of IVF treatments, pregnancies, births‡ | 20/379 (5.3) | 14 (3.5) | 6 (3.4) | > 0.999 |
| • Smoking cessation | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.6) | 0.528 |
| Patients sufficiently satisfied: would choose LSG again§ | 360 (62.3) | 250 (62.5) | 110 (61.8) | 0.926 |
COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; IVF, in vitro fertilization
*Data available only for patients who regain weight (n = 530)
†Each patient had the option of providing more than one answer
¥Patient’s subjective impression of being able to ingest larger quantities of food in a meal
‡Data available only for women who regain weight (n = 379)
§Data available for the whole study population (n = 578)