Clinical Study

Pulmonary Function after Weight Loss in Obese Women Undergoing Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: One-Year Followup

Table 1

Values of age, weight, BMI, and W/H ratio.

VariablePreoperativePostoperative (1 year)%

Age (years)42.41 ± 12.41X
Weight (kg)103.64 ± 13.6368.65 ± 10.24−33.76<0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)40.17 ± 3.5126.50 ± 3.22−34.03<0.0001
W/H ratio0.93 ± 0.100.86 ± 0.04−7.53<0.0001

BMI: body mass index; W/H ratio: waist/hip ratio.