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

Table 2 Food tolerance measured using the Quality of Alimentation questionnaire

	Gastric banding (n = 36)	Gastric sleeve surgery (n = 48)	P value
Overall satisfaction with food intake	3.2 ± 1.0	3.9 ± 1.1	0.003*
Evaluation of different foods	8.8 ± 3.2	12.0 ± 3.4	< 0.001*
Frequency of vomiting	1.6 ± 1.9	4.5 ± 1.7	< 0.001*
Total score	13.6 ± 5.0	20.1 ± 5.0	< 0.001*

^*P value of < 0.05 was considered significant. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. The composite score ranged from 1 to 27. Score 27 for being the maximum for an excellent food tolerance
p value from Mann-Whitney U test