Table 2.
Blood biochemistry of study participants before and after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
| Variables | Pre-operative | Post-operative | % Change | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | |||
| Nutritional Biomarkers | ||||||||
| Hemoglobin, g/dl | 13.2 | 1.3 | 13.2 | 12.6 | 2.6 | 13.0 | −4.7% | 0.255 |
| Iron profile | 46.1 | 20.2 | 57.0 | 53.3 | 32.2 | 47.0 | 15.7% | 0.475 |
| Ferritin, ug/l | 46.9 | 39.0 | 40.7 | 35.0 | 37.8 | 21.5 | −25.5% | 0.320 |
| Vitamin B12, pg/mL | - | - | - | 179 | 160 | 147 | - | - |
| 25-OH Vitamin D, ng/mL | 13.6 | 6.3 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 5.5 | 13.5 | 0.3% | 0.982 |
| Ca, mg/dl | 9.0 | 1.8 | 9.4 | 9.5 | .5 | 9.6 | 6.6% | 0.114 |
| Glucose Homeostasis | ||||||||
| C-peptide, ng/mL | 6.4 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | −62.1% | 0 . 005 a |
| Random blood glucose, mg/dl | 102.9 | 34.0 | 92.7 | 87.1 | 17.3 | 91.0 | −15.4% | 0 . 036 a |
| HbA1C (%) | 6.0 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 5.4 | −10.9% | 0 . 001 a |
| Lipid profile | ||||||||
| Triglyceride, mg/dl | 112.1 | 59.7 | 97.0 | 67.9 | 34.7 | 59.3 | −39.4% | 0 . 003 a |
| Cholesterol, mg/dl | 157.9 | 40.8 | 156.8 | 165.4 | 32.0 | 157.0 | 4.8% | 0.484 |
| LDL, mg/dl | 92.7 | 16.0 | 92.7 | 92.0 | 0.0 | 92.0 | −0.7% | 0.978 |
| HDL, mg/dl | 55.8 | 9.2 | 54.9 | 54.7 | 0.4 | 54.7 | −1.9% | 0.887 |
| Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis | ||||||||
| ACTH, pg/mL | 36.6 | 27.9 | 28.9 | 21.6 | 13.8 | 17.6 | −40.9% | 0 . 033 a |
| Cortisol, μg/L | 297.9 | 174.1 | 249.4 | 284.4 | 165.5 | 219.5 | −4.5% | 0.780 |
| Thyroid profile | ||||||||
| TSH, µUI/mL | 4.5 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.3 | −11.2% | 0.494 |
| T3, nmol/L | 6.9 | 1.3 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 6.0 | −3.1% | 0.768 |
| T4, nmol/L | 14.8 | 3.6 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 2.7 | 15.6 | 1.7% | 0.791 |
| PTH, pg/ml | 65.9 | 19.4 | 64.3 | 78.3 | 44.3 | 65.2 | 18.8% | 0.252 |
a
p < 0.05 (significant). % Change: (post value-pre value) *100/pre value.