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Table 1 HRQOL by surgery group assessed by the SF-36

From: Quality of life, food tolerance, and eating disorder behavior after laparoscopic gastric banding and sleeve gastrectomy - results from a middle eastern center of excellence

Subscale category

Gastric Sleeve (n = 48)

Gastric Band (n = 36)

P value2

Preoperative

Postoperative

P value1

Post-operative

Physical functioning

54.4 ± 30.6

85.0 ± 22.9

< 0.001*

91.0 ± 33.7

0.677

Physical role limitation

52.1 ± 43.1

85.2 ± 30.6

< 0.001*

85.4 ± 31.8

0.946

Body pain

64.1 ± 30.6

80.1 ± 29.1

0.025*

76.04 ± 31.4

0.368

General health

62.0 ± 19.9

76.2 ± 22.0

0.002*

70.08 ± 22.7

0.188

Vitality

52.6 ± 16.8

68.2 ± 22.4

< 0.001*

60.00 ± 21.0

0.106

Social functioning

68.2 ± 27.8

84.2 ± 26.1

0.008*

83.7 ± 22.9

0.47

Emotional role limitation

62.5 ± 40.5

87.1 ± 28.7

0.001*

80.6 ± 34.2

0.279

Mental health

66.8 ± 18.8

69.6 ± 21.8

0.566

63.7 ± 21.3

0.206

  1. P value of < 0.05 was considered significant. Data expressed as mean ± SD
  2. P value1: Wilcoxon signed rank test, comparison between pre and post-operative gastric sleeve patients’ quality of life.; P value 2: Mann-Whitney U test, comparison between Post –operative quality of life between Gastric sleeve and Band
  3. *P < 0.05
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