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Copyright ©2013 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Diabetes. Oct 15, 2013; 4(5): 202-209
Published online Oct 15, 2013. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v4.i5.202
Table 2 Estimated anthropometric values of morbidly obese adolescents at baseline to 1 year after bariatric surgery by ethnicity
MeasurementNon-hispanic whites,Non-hispanic blacks,Hispanics,Overall,
estimate (95%CI)estimate (95%CI)estimate (95%CI)estimate1 (95%CI)
Baseline
n    601 98    128    827
BMI (kg/m2)47.9 (47.3-48.4)51.7 (50.1-53.4)48.9 (47.7-50.2)48.5 (48.0-49.0)
BMI (%)99.3 (99.2-99.4)99.5 (99.4-99.6)99.4 (99.3-99.5)99.4 (99.3-99.4)
Weight (kg)136.8 (135.0-138.6)147.9 (142.5-153.3)137.7 (134.1-141.3)138.4 (136.8-140.0)
3 mo after surgery
n    536 88    115    739
BMI (kg/m2)43.9 (43.4-44.5)47.9 (46.4-49.4)44.5 (43.3-45.6)44.48 (43.98-44.97)
BMI (%)99.0 (98.0-99.1)99.3 (99.2-99.4)99.1 (99.0-99.2)99.02 (98.96-99.08)
Weight (kg)125.6 (123.9-127.4)137.0 (132.0-141.9)125.1 (121.7-128.4)126.84 (125.33-128.35)
EWL (kg)10.7 (10.1-11.3)10.57 (9.11-12.04)12.3 (10.5-14.1)10.9 (10.4-11.5)
EWL (%) 7.8 (7.3-8.2) 6.9 (6.0-7.8) 8.6 (7.4-9.7) 7.8 (7.4-8.2)
6 mo after surgery
n    380 54 78    512
BMI (kg/m2)39.0 (38.3-39.7)44.1 (42.4-45.7)39.9 (38.5-41.2) 39.70 (39.1-40.3)
BMI (%)97.0 (96.5-97.5)98.9 (98.6-99.1)97.8 (97.3-98.3)97.3 (96.9-97.7)
Weight (kg)111.7 (109.7-113.7)125.7 (120.4-131.0)111.9 (108.2-115.6)113.3 (111.6-115.0)
EWL (kg)25.1 (24.1-26.0)22.3 (19.7-25.0)25.4 (22.8-28.0)24.8 (23.9-25.7)
EWL (%)18.3 (17.66-19.0)14.5 (12.9-16.1)18.1 (16.2-19.9)17.8 (17.2-18.4)
12 mo after surgery
n    193 26 28    247
BMI (kg/m2)36.6 (35.7-37.4)40.3 (37.5-43.0)36.7 (34.7-38.8)37.0 (36.3-37.8)
BMI (%)94.7 (93.6-95.7)96.8 (94.3-99.2)94.7 (92.2-97.2)94.9 (94.0-95.8)
Weight (kg)104.6 (102.1-107.0)114.7 (106.4-123.0)103.1 (97.3-109.0)105.6 (103.4-107.8)
EWL (kg)32.8 (30.9-34.7)33.8 (27.3-40.3)34.3 (30.0-38.5)33.1 (31.4-34.82)
EWL (%)23.6 (22.3-24.9)21.6 (17.4-25.7)24.7 (21.8-27.7)23.5 (22.4-24.7)
Model adjusted by age, sex, and type of surgery; “Other” group not included as result of a small sample size. EWL: Estimated weight loss or the difference between baseline weight (kg) and weight as each respective time point;
1P < 0.001 for change across all time points. BMI: Body mass index.