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Table 2 Mean patients’ physical measurements before and after six months of surgery

From: The evaluation of bariatric surgery effect on cardiac structure and function using transthoracic echocardiography: a cohort study

Item

Before surgery

After surgery

p-Value*

Weight (Kg)

113.37 ± 15.61

83.75 ± 12.38

< 0.001

BMI

42.38 ± 5.46

31.38 ± 3.74

< 0.001

BSA (m2)

2.28 ± 0.21

1.94 ± 0.17

< 0.001

Waist-to-hip ratio

1.05 ± 0.03

0.96 ± 0.04

< 0.001

  1. BMI = Body mass index, BSA = Body surface area
  2. *Paired-Samples T-test
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