Mini-Gastric Bypass R Us (MGBRUS)

Table 1 Characteristics of the 520 severely obese patients before and 6 months after bariatric surgery   Before After LAGB (n = 149) LMGB (n = 371) p value LAGB (n = 149) LMGB (n = 371) p value Age (mean ± SD) 31.9 ± 9.2 30. 7 ± 8.3 0.23 – – – Male/female 66/83 105/266 <0.01 – –   Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 136.5 ± 20.5 134.0 ± 17.6 0.18 143.8 ± 25.8 129.2 ± 19.9 <0.01 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 86.6 ± 13.4 86.0 ± 12.9 0.65 87.3 ± 24.2 75.8 ± 13.2 <0.01 HbA1c (%) 7.2 ± 1.1 7.0 ± 1.0 0.10 6.6 ± 0.6 6.1 ± 0.6 0.10 Hemoglobin (g/dl) 14.3 ± 1.7 14.0 ± 1.6 0.27 14.9 ± 1.6 14.8 ± 1.8 0.49 Blood glucose (mg/dl) 149.7 ± 65.5 149.5 ± 44.9 0.51 119.5 ± 16.1 113.5 ± 9.4 0.06 BMI (kg/m2) 41.9 ± 6.3 42.0 ± 6.2 0.87 35.1 ± 6.5 31.3 ± 4.8 0.01 Read more at www.springerlink.com