Research Article

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

Table 2

Comparison of anthropometric measurements at the baseline, one month, and six months after gastric bypass surgery among study participants.

VariablesBaseline (n = 54) mean ± SD1st month (n = 54) mean ± SD6th month (n = 54) mean ± SDpBaseline vs. 1st monthBaseline vs. 6th month1st month vs. 6th month
Mean difference (SE)pMean difference (SE)pMean difference (SE)p

Weight (kg)122.60 ± 17.22107.65 ± 12.9789.15 ± 9.53<0.001−14.95 (1.35)<0.001−33.45 (1.77)<0.001−18.49 (1.35)<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)45.47 ± 6.1940.57 ± 5.0833.61 ± 3.39<0.001−4.91 (0.57)<0.001−11.86 (0.64)<0.001−6.96 (0.52)<0.001

FM (kg)62.51 ± 10.7153.72 ± 9.9838.34 ± 7.30<0.001−8.79 (0.85)<0.001−24.17 (1.19)<0.001−15.37 (1.06)<0.001

FM (%)51.23 ± 4.7649.60 ± 6.1243.59 ± 6.14<0.001−1.63 (0.42)<0.001−7.64 (0.77)<0.001−6.01 (0.93)<0.001

FFM (kg)59.43 ± 10.8453.76 ± 8.7550.43 ± 7.54<0.001−5.67 (0.78)<0.001−9.01 (1.12)<0.001−3.33 (1.09)0.003

SMM (kg)32.88 ± 6.5829.62 ± 5.1927.56 ± 4.53<0.001−3.26 (0.52)<0.001−5.32 (0.68)<0.001−2.07 (0.67)0.003

WHR0.98 ± 0.131.00 ± 0.120.96 ± 0.130.1600.02 (0.02)0.999−0.02 (0.02)0.939−0.04 (0.02)0.135

NC (cm)47.91 ± 5.7544.28 ± 3.7138.13 ± 3.54<0.001−3.64 (0.53)<0.001−9.78 (0.88)<0.001−6.14 (0.64)<0.001

Chest C (cm)121.31 ± 8.78114.48 ± 6.58103.20 ± 5.99<0.001−6.84 (0.75)<0.001−18.11 (1.19)<0.001−11.27 (1.06)<0.001

Ab C (cm)123.91 ± 15.78120.11 ± 9.96104.15 ± 9.50<0.001−3.80(1.51)0.015−19.76(1.71)<0.001−15.96 (1.01)<0.001

HC (cm)126.50 ± 9.33118.41 ± 6.55110.01 ± 5.18<0.001−8.09 (0.74)<0.001−16.49(0.96)<0.001−8.40 (0.64)<0.001

Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; FM: fat mass; FFM: fat-free mass; SMM: skeletal muscle mass; WHR: waist-to-hip ratio; NC: neck circumference; Chest C: chest circumference; Ab C: abdominal circumference; HC: hip circumference. Data were presented as the mean ± standard deviation (SD) or mean difference and standard error (SE). The repeated-measures analysis of variance was performed for the comparison. Group comparison was performed using Bonferroni correction. Significant difference.