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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of patients opting for non-surgical and surgical obesity treatment (N = 562)

From: A comparison of behavioral and psychological characteristics of patients opting for surgical and conservative treatment for morbid obesity

  

Non-surgical

Bariatric surgery

 

n (%)

n (%)

P

Number of subjects

 

261

301

 

Women

 

183 (70.1)

238 (79.1)

<0.05

Men

 

78 (29.9)

63 (20.4)

Have a partner/ married

 

166 (64.6)

193 (65.7)

0.80

Education

 < 10 years

 

45 (17.4)

64 (21.7)

 

 10–12 years

 

118 (45.7)

145 (49.2)

 

 > 12 years

 

95 (36.8)

86 (29.2)

0.13

 

Range

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Age (years)

20–73

46.2 (10.8)

43.8 (9.6)

<0.01

Weight (kg)

86–222

123.6 (1.2)

130.3 (1.1)

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

31–70

41.9 (5.4)

45.0 (6.0)

<0.001

  1. Note: Group differences tested by Chi-square and independent-samples t-test