Preventing calcium and vitamin D deficiencies following weight loss and metabolic surgery

BMC Surgery

Table 1 Patient demographics

Preoperative data	SG	RYBP	p
Age	46.2 ± 0.7	52.4 ± 1.1	0.43
Gender	Male	69 (25%)	12 (14%)	0.03*
Gender	Female	212 (75%)	77 (87%)	0.03*
Total of 370 patients	281 (100%)	89 (100%)

Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYBP) and Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG). Mean age (± SE) in years. Gender (Proportion % within each surgical procedure). ^* significant at p < 0.05

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