Evaluation of Eating Habits and Quality of Life in Postbariatric Surgery Patients and Their Family Members: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Sample characteristics—sociodemographic and anthropometric information.

Variable	Population
	Case (patients) (N = 53)		Case (main caregivers) (N = 53)		Control (patients) (N = 50)		Control (main caregivers) (N = 50)
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Sociodemographics
Age
Mean age ± SD (Years)	34.43 ± 9.30		43.86 ± 14.77		37.34 ± 14.10		48.06 ± 14.30
Sex
Male	17	32.1%	16	30.2%	30	60.0%	15	30.0%
Female	36	67.9%	37	69.8%	20	40.0%	35	70.0%
Marital status
Single	27	50.9%	13	24.5%	27	54.0%	10	20.0%
Married	24	45.3%	37	69.8%	22	44.0%	39	78.0%
Separated/divorced	2	3.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Widowed	0	0.0%	3	5.7%	1	2.0%	1	2.0%
Type of surgery			—	—	—	—	—	—
Sleeve	26	49.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bypass	27	50.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Year of surgery
less than 1 year	6	11.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—
1–3 years	32	60.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—
4 years and above	15	28.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Categories of caregivers
Mother	18	34%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Spouse: husband	13	24.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sister	12	22.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Spouse: wife	5	9.4%
Son	2	3.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Daughter	2	3.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Father	1	1.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD
Anthropometric measures
Weight (kilograms)	83.45 ± 19.55		78.88 ± 18.99		101.95 ± 18.50		79.38 ± 14.20
Height (meters)	1.69 ± 0.10		1.69 ± 0.12		1.72 ± 0.10		1.65 ± 0.07
BMI (Kg/m^2)	29.35 ± 6.77		27.57 ± 5.18		34.22 ± 4.21		29.06 ± 4.68