Clinical Study

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

Table 3

Comparison of baseline characteristics between intervention and historical control group.

CharacteristicIntervention
( = 8)
Control
( = 16)
value
Mean (±SD)

Age (y)44.8 (8.2)45.5 (8.3)0.599
Day of surgery BMI (kgm−2)45.2 (6.5)44.3 (5.2)1.0
%WL at 3 months’ follow-up12.9 (5.4)14.2 (5.7)0.563

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