A Prior History of Substance Abuse in Veterans Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

Table 1

Demographic data comparing cohorts.

	SA = 74	NA = 131	𝑃
Age (years)	51	52	0.672
Male/female	86.5/13.5%	73.3/26.7%	0.018
Preoperative BMI (kg/m^2)	46.2	46.2	0.901
LGB	11 (14.9%)	12 (9.2%)	0.097
LSG	22 (29.8%)	50 (38.2%)	0.081
RYGB	41 (55.3%)	69 (52.6%)	0.095

SA: cohort with prior history of substance abuse.
NA: cohort with no prior history of substance abuse.
BMI: body mass index.
LGB: laparoscopic gastric banding.
LSG: laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
RYGB: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
NS: not significant.