Table 2 Characteristics of participants included in the analysis for the By-Band-Sleeve trial. Sample size (N) is up to 118 where there was no missing data.

From: Using trials of caloric restriction and bariatric surgery to explore the effects of body mass index on the circulating proteome

Characteristic

All participants (mean ± SD or n (%))

N

Male, N = 36

Female, N = 82

p-value

Age (years)

50 (10)

118

50 (9)

50 (10)

0.76

Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2)

45 (8)

118

46 (7)

45 (8)

0.27

Baseline systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

136 (15)

118

138 (15)

136 (15)

0.70

Baseline diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

84 (7)

118

85 (8)

83 (7)

0.30

Smoking category

 

118

  

0.069

 Never

49 (42%)

 

14 (39%)

35 (43%)

 

 Ex-smoker

64 (54%)

 

18 (50%)

46 (56%)

 

 Rarely or occasionally

5 (4.2%)

 

4 (11.1%)

1 (1.2%)

 

Diabetic (diet, oral treated or insulin)

42 (36%)

118

22 (61%)

21 (26%)

2.2 × 10–4

Time since diabetes diagnosis (months)

76 (65)

118

72 (49)

80 (79)

0.63

Ethnicity

 

118

  

0.70

 English/Welsh/Northern Irish/Scottish/British

110 (93%)

 

33 (92%)

77 (94%)

 

 Other (Any other white background, Irish, Gypsy/Traveller, White and Black Caribbean)

8 (7%)

 

3 (8%)

5 (6.1%)

 

Employment status

 

118

  

8.3 × 10–3

 Full-time

38 (32%)

 

16 (44%)

22 (27%)

 

 Part-time

27 (23%)

 

5 (14%)

22 (27%)

 

 Self-employed

9 (7.6%)

 

6 (17%)

3 (3.7%)

 

 Other (Homemaker/Student/Retired/Unable to work/Unemployed)

44 (37.2%)

 

9 (25%)

35 (43%)

 

Income

 

114

  

0.91

 < £10,000–20,000

53 (46%)

 

18 (51%)

35 (44%)

 

 £20,001-£40,000

38 (33%)

 

11 (31%)

27 (34%)

 

 > £40,001

23 (20%)

 

6 (17%)

17 (22%)

 

Baseline triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.59 (0.76)

118

1.83 (0.74)

1.48 (0.75)

3.6 × 10–3

Baseline LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.71 (0.96)

117

2.39 (0.89)

2.86 (0.96)

0.014

Baseline HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.21 (0.27)

118

1.03 (0.17)

1.29 (0.27)

8.7 × 10–7

Baseline total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.65 (1.10)

118

4.25 (0.94)

4.83 (1.12)

9.3 × 10–3

  1. Categorical variables were compared using a Chi-squared test and continuous variables were compared using a Wilcoxon signed rank test.