Research Article
Associations between Zinc Deficiency, Taste Changes, and Salivary Flow Rates following Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgeries
Table 1
Patient characteristics at baseline.
| | | Sleeve gastrectomy (N = 25) | Mini gastric bypass (N = 18) |
| | Age, mean (SD) | 38.12 (11.58) | 41.88 (7.41) | | BMI, mean (SD) | 45.90 (6.63) | 39.46 (8.68) | | Body weight kg, mean (SD) | 125.9 (23.57) | 108.95 (28.60) | | Zinc mg/dl, mean (SD) | 76.90 (11.41) | 85.6 (16.9) |
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