Reduction in weight and BMI and changes in Co-morbidities following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedure for morbidly obese patients in Bahrain: a five year longitudinal study

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Table 1 BMI, weight and percent weight loss, percent of excess weight loss, compared for men and women pre-operative and six measurements post-operative

Time		BMI		Weight (kg)		% weight loss	% EWL
	Sex	Mean	SD	Mean	SD			n (total 143)
Pre-operative	Women	45.75	6.71	118.74	16.90	------	------	107
	Men	45.30	5.77	137.51	19.44	------	------	36
3 months post-operative	Women	42.01	6.59	108.81	17.39	8.39	17.65	107
	Men	40.54	5.07	123.40	18.71	10.28	19.07	36
6 months post-operative	Women	40.17	6.50	103.90	17.28	12.49*	26.30*	107
	Men	38.39	5.09	116.80	18.60	15.09	27.90	36
9 months post-operative	Women	38.88	6.42	100.47	16.81	15.38	32.48	107
	Men	36.65	4.82	112.95	20.74	17.94	33.10	36
12 months post-operative	Women	37.54*	6.59	97.11	17.13	18.20*	38.47*	107
	Men	34.78	4.81	105.86	18.08	22.98	42.70	36
24 months post-operative	Women	36.03*	6.84	92.99	17.65	21.69*	45.70*	107
	Men	32.85	4.60	100.22	17.32	26.85	50.30	36
60 months post-operative	Women	36.61*	8.69	94.58	21.66	21.50*	42.95*	39
	Men	30.76	4.85	93.27	19.81	33.75	59.00	13