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Table 2 Characteristics of 2142 consecutive treatment seeking patients stratified by treatment choice

From: The association between severity of King’s Obesity Staging Criteria scores and treatment choice in patients with morbid obesity: a retrospective cohort study

 

Lifestyle

Bariatric surgery

P value

N

1329 (62%)

813 (38%)

-

Age, yrs

44 (13)

42 (11)

<0.001

Female gender

870 (66%)

548 (67%)

0.371

OSA

250 (19%)

151 (19%)

0.909

CPAP

183 (14%)

92 (11%)

0.110

COPD or Asthma

61 (5%)

29 (4%)

0.269

Waist circumference, cm

130 (14)

133 (14)

<0.001

BMI, kg/m2

43.8 (5.8)

45.4 (6.0)

<0.001

Hypertension

802 (60%)

498 (61%)

0.648

Ten year cardiovascular risk, %

10.7 (10.6)

9.4 (9.2)

0.004

Coronary artery disease

66 (5%)

30 (4%)

0.196

Current smoker

333 (25%)

239 (29%)

0.031

Metabolic syndrome

921 (69%)

588 (72%)

0.143

HbA1c, %

6.1 (2.2)

6.1 (1.3)

0.769

Type 2 diabetes

405 (31%)

253(31%)

0.772

Family history diabetes

429 (32%)

283 (35%)

0.237

Workplace disadvantages

274 (21%)

187 (23%)

0.194

Disabled

307 (23%)

162 (20%)

0.085

<1 h moderate physical activity / week

386 (39%)

198 (35%)

0.142

Hyperandrogenemiaa

377 (43%)

230 (42%)

0.620

PCOSa

121 (14%)

72 (13%)

0.692

Anxiety/depression

542 (41%)

327 (40%)

0.821

Eating disorder

87 (7%)

54 (7%)

0.929

Psychoactive drug

243 (18%)

149 (18%)

0.954

  1. Data are presented as mean (SD) or n (%). OSA Obstructive sleep apnea, CPAP continuous positive airway pressure, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, BMI body mass index, PCOS polycystic ovarian syndrome
  2. aFemale participants