Feasibility and Impact of a Combined Supervised Exercise and Nutritional-Behavioral Intervention following Bariatric Surgery: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Comparison of weight loss outcome between the intervention and historical control groups.

Intervention group					Control group
Patient	%WL at 12 months’ follow-up	ΔBMI at 12 months after surgery; (kgm^−2)	%WL at 3–12-month period	ΔBMI at 3–12-month period; (kgm^−2)	%WL at 12 months’ follow-up		ΔBMI at 12 months after surgery; (kgm^−2)		%WL at 3–12-month period		ΔBMI at 3–12-month period; (kgm^−2)
						Ave		Ave		Ave		Ave
1	6.1	3.2	0.6	0.3	12.2; 10	11.1	7.2; 4.9	6.1	9.1; 4.1	6.6	5.4; 2.0	3.7
2	18.8	6.5	8.8	3.0	8.4; 9.4	8.9	3.3; 3.8	3.5	−2.5; −0.2	−1.3	−1.0; −0.1	−0.5
3	23.4	9.6	10.8	4.4	25.5; 16.5	21	10.8; 7.0	8.9	10.4; 2.4	6.4	4.4; 1.0	2.7
4	24.1	13.1	8.3	4.5	19.3; 18.4	18.8	9.8; 9.5	9.6	7.1; −5.1	1	3.6; −2.7	0.5
5	39.3	18.7	24.1	11.5	25.2; 26.7	26	11.8; 12.2	12.0	10.0; 9.4	9.7	4.7; 4.3	4.5
6	37.8	16.1	21.5	9.2	19.7; 23.4	21.5	8.5; 9.9	9.2	0.3; 2.1	1.2	0.2; 0.9	0.5
7	31.8	13.5	10.3	4.4	35.8; 21.1	28.5	15.2; 9.0	12.1	14.5; 3.9	9.2	6.2; 1.6	3.9
8	20.1	9.3	13.5	6.3	17.5; 20	18.8	7.9; 9.0	8.4	5.8; 10.2	8.0	2.6; 4.6	3.6

Note: Ave: average; BMI: body mass index; %WL: percentage weight loss.