A Prior History of Substance Abuse in Veterans Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

Table 3

Substance abuse recidivism after bariatric surgery in patients with and without a prior history of substance abuse.

	Total	SA group	NA group	𝑃
	205	74 (36.1%)	131 (63.9%)
Postoperative substance abuse	8	6 (8.1%)	2 (1.5%)	0.234

SA: cohort with prior history of substance abuse.
NA: cohort with no prior history of substance abuse.
NS: not significant.