General and Postbariatric Nutritional Knowledge among Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

Table 1

Demographic and anthropometric data (n = 112; F = 66; M = 46).

	Mean	SD
Age (years)	37.4	11.1
Height (m)	1.6	0.1
Weight (kg)	126.6	28.0
BMI (kg/m^2)	46.8	8.3
BMI categories	n	%
Obese class 1	5	4
Obese class 2	15	13
Obese class 3	92	82
Income	n	%
<5,000	49	44
5,000 to 10,000	33	29
10,000 to 15,000	19	17
>15,000	11	10
Education	n	%
Primary	6	5
Secondary	27	24
High school	15	13
Bachelor	55	49
Higher education	9	8
Medical history	n	%
Gastroenterology diseases	9.0	8.0
Cardiovascular diseases	5.0	4.5
Diabetes	36.0	32.1
Hypertension	31.0	27.7

M = male, F = female, and n = number. The BMI categories are defined as follows: obese class 1 (BMI, 30.0–34.9 kg/m²), obese class 2 (BMI, 35.0–39.9 kg/m²), and obese class 3 (BMI, ≥40 kg/m²).