Identifying the Predictors of Short Term Weight Loss Failure after Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study participants categorized by gender.

Variables	Total population (n = 54)	Male (n = 11)	Female (n = 43)	P value
Age (years)	39.63 ± 9.66	34.82 ± 7.98	40.86 ± 9.75	0.06
Height (cm)	162.02 (8.18)	177.25 ± 8.33	160.68 ± 4.92	<0.001^∗
Weight (kg)	121.81 ± 17.64	138.44 ± 17.88	118.55 ± 15.01	<0.001^∗
BMI (kg/m^2)	45.44 ± 21.26	45.20 ± 4.71	45.50 ± 6.58	0.88

Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index. The data are presented as the mean ± STD, and the independent sample t-test was used for the comparison. ^∗indicates significant difference between genders.