Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy versus Laparoscopic Banded Sleeve Gastrectomy: First Prospective Pilot Randomized Study

Table 3

Mean BMI in the groups.

Follow-up	Group A	Group B	value
Pre-op	47.03 ± 6.58 kg/m^2	44.95 ± 5.85 kg/m^2	0.244
3 months	37.86 ± 5.72 kg/m^2	37.58 ± 6.21 kg/m^2	0.869
6 months	33.64 ± 6.08 kg/m^2	32.03 ± 5.24 kg/m^2	0.325
12 months	29.72 ± 4.40 kg/m^2	27.42 ± 4.47 kg/m^2	0.186