Effect of ethnicity on weight loss among adolescents 1 year after bariatric surgery

Table 1 Characteristics of 890 adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery between 2004 and 2010

Characteristic	n (%)	Baseline BMI Z	P
		score, mean ± SD
Sex			< 0.001
Boys	225 (25.3)	3.14 ± 0.24
Girls	665 (74.7)	2.41 ± 0.19
Type of surgery			< 0.001
Gastric bypass	454 (51.0)	2.67 ± 0.38
Adjustable gastric band	436 (49.0)	2.53 ± 0.36
Race
Non-hispanic white	606 (68.1)	2.57 ± 0.37	Reference
Hispanic	129 (14.5)	2.68 ± 0.40	0.0041
Non-hispanic black	98 (11.0)	2.67 ± 0.34	0.022
Other	57 (6.4)	2.60 ± 0.42

¹Non-Hispanic white vs Hispanic;

²Non-Hispanic white vs non-Hispanic black. BMI: Body mass index.