Effect of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding on Metabolic Syndrome and Its Risk Factors in Morbidly Obese Adolescents

Table 5

𝑃-values for correlations among weight change measures and components of MeS at 12 m post-LAGB by MeS status at baseline.

Variable	No MeS (𝑁=22)			Yes MeS (𝑁=23)
	%EWL	%WL	BMI	%EWL	%WL	BMI
WC (cm)	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.043	0.009	0.002
HDL (mg/dl)	NS	NS	NS	0.032	0.047	0.08
TG (mg/dl)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
CRP (mg/dl)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
FBS (mg/dl)	NS	0.046	0.037	NS	NS	NS
SBP %ile	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
DBP %ile	0.067	NS	0.065	NS	NS	NS