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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics according to each remission category

From: Which criteria should be used to define type 2 diabetes remission after bariatric surgery?

Variable

 

2009 Consensus group criteria (Model 1)

 

ADA’s HbA1c criteria (Model 2)

 
  

TOTAL

Complete

Partial

No remission

p

<5.7%

5.7-6.5%

>6.5% and/or treatment

p

No of patients

 

110

55 (50.0)

14 (12.7)

41 (37.3)

 

55 (50.0)

17 (15.5)

38 (34.5)

 

Age (years)

 

53.3 ± 9.5

51.5 ± 9.8

55.6 ± 8.0

54.9 ± 9.4

0.230

52.1 ± 9.7

52.8 ± 8.4

55.2 ± 9.7

0.299

Preop - BMI (kg/m2)

 

43.6 ± 5.5

44.3 ± 5.2

43.7 ± 4.8

42.8 ± 6.0

0.514

44.1 ± 4.9

43.6 ± 6.2

43.0 ± 6.0

0.595

18 m - BMI (kg/m2)

 

29.0 ± 5.0

28.1 ± 4.5

31.8 ± 4.9

29.2 ± 5.4

0.049

28.3 ± 4.3

30.9 ± 6.0

29.3 ± 5.4

0.193

Preop – FG (mg/dl)

 

165.2 ± 58.5

156.0 ± 55.3

137.8 ± 26.6

186.9 ± 64.3

0.004

153.9 ± 55.1

142.0 ± 29.5

191.8 ± 64.4

0.001

18 m – FG (mg/dl)

 

100.2 ± 23.9

86.7 ± 7.5

104.6 ± 6.9

118.6 ± 30.4

0.000

87.7 ± 8.9

101.5 ± 12.4

119.8 ± 30.8

0.000

Preop - HbA1c (%)

 

7.9 ± 1.8

7.5 ± 1.5

7.0 ± 0.8

8.6 ± 1.9

0.002

7.3 ± 1.3

7.7 ± 1.8

8.7 ± 1.9

0.000

18 m - HbA1c (%)

 

5.4 ± 0.7

5.0 ± 0.6

5.5 ± 0.5

6.1 ± 0.6

0.000

4.9 ± 0.5

5.8 ± 0.1

6.1 ± 0.7

0.000

%WL

 

33.1 ± 9.4

36.1 ± 7.9

27.1 ± 7.2

31.0 ± 10.4

0.001

35.6 ± 8.1

29.4 ± 8.3

31.0 ± 10.5

0.014

%EWL

 

70.7 ± 21.0

75.9 ± 17.7

57.0 ± 15.3

68.6 ± 24.4

0.007

74.9 ± 17.7

63.3 ± 22.5

68.0 ± 23.7

0.070

Duration of diabetes (years)

 

7.6 ± 7.5

5.1 ± 4.0

4.4 ± 4.8

11.9 ± 9.9

0.001

5.3 ± 4.3

4.6 ± 3.5

12.6 ± 10.0

0.000

Previous treatment with insulin

No

61 (55.5)

39 (70.9)

10 (71.4)

12 (29..3)

0.000

37 (67.3)

14 (82.4)

10 (26.3)

0.000

 

Yes

49 (44.5)

16 (29.1)

4 (28.6)

29 (70.7)

 

18 (32.7)

3 (17.6)

28/73.7)

 
  1. Values show mean ± SD or number of patients and percentages (%).
  2. “Preop” = preoperative; “18 m” = 18-month; “BMI” = body mass index; “FG” = fasting glucose; “HbA1c” = glycosylated hemoglobin; “%WL” = percentage body weight loss at 18 months; “%EWL” = percentage excess body weight loss at 18 months.