Patient characteristics in proteomics, confirmation and diet groups
| Patient group | Proteomics (n=7) | Confirmation (n=9) | Diet (n=12) |
| Female | 4 (57.1%) | 7 (77.8%) | 8 (66.7%) |
| Diabetes | 2 (28.6%) | 4 (44.4%) | 6 (50%) |
| Re-gastroplasty | 3 (42.9%) | 1 (11.1%) | 0 (0%) |
| Median | Average | Median | Average | Median | Average | |
| Age | 46.0 | 46.0 | 49.0 | 50.4 | 56.5 | 52.8 |
| BMI periop. | 41.6 | 40.7 | 40.3 | 40.3 | 39.1 | 39.6 |
| BMI postop. | 30.0 | 31.3 | 31.8 | 31.8 | 30.3 | 30.7 |
| BMI change | −8.9 | −9.4 | −8.8 | −8.5 | −9.0 | −8.9 |
| %EBMIL | 66.4 | 58.9 | 59.4 | 58.2 | 61.9 | 61.3 |
BMI, body mass index (kg/m2); %EBMIL, per cent excess BMI loss.