A Representative Percentile Chart for Prediction of Weight Loss Trend after Sleeve Gastrectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It could be valuable for surgeons and patients to use one chart in different groups and evaluate weight loss during the post-surgery period.

Methods

This retrospective study used the Iran National Obesity Surgery Database. Patients with clinically severe obesity aged 18-70 undergoing sleeve gastrectomy participated in this study. Body mass index (BMI) reduction and 5 other metrics measured over the study period were modeled using lambda-mu-sigma method. Our data were split into the train (70%) and test (30%) sets.

Results

In this study, 1,258 patients (75% female) met the eligibility criteria to participate. Mean age and initial BMI were 36.87 ± 10.51 and 42.74 (40.37-46.36), respectively. Percentile charts for various metrics have been presented for the

SUBMITTER: Mokhber S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9889720 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature