Receptivity to Bariatric Surgery in Qualified Patients

Table 1

Respondent characteristics in 371 patients of the Wharton Medical Clinic who qualify for bariatric surgery.

	Interested in bariatric surgery	Not interested in bariatric surgery	value
, %	87 (23)	284 (77)	—
Female, %	67 (77)	200 (70)	0.23
White, %	63 (72)	236 (83)	0.08
Age, years	47.5 (11.2)	48.2 (11.5)	0.61
Type 2 diabetes, %	14 ()	26 ()	0.17
BMI, kg/m^2	48.0 (8.2)	46.2 (6.6)	0.05
Hypercholesterolemia, %	7 ()	37 (13)	0.14
Hypertension, %	56 (64)	99 (35)	0.9
Obstructive sleep apnea, %	2 ()	12 ()	0.34

Data are presented as frequency (%) or mean (SD).
Significantly different from being interested in bariatric surgery ().