Research Article

Does Preoperative Weight Change Predict Postoperative Weight Loss after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in the Short Term?

Table 2

Preoperative percent change in body mass index.

% preoperative BMI changeNumber of patients (%)

<-5%2  (0.7)
-2.1  to  -5.0%31  (12.1)
-0.1  to  -2.0%94  (36.7)
0%27  (10.5)
0.1  to  2.0%83  (32.4)
2.1  to  5.0%25  (9.8)
>5%2  (0.7)