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Table 1 Characteristics of smoker obese patients undergone intra-gastric balloon (IB), lap-band laparoscopic surgery (LAGB), and laparoscopic gastric bypass/sleeve gastrectomy surgery (SPG)

From: Smoking Habit in Severe Obese after bariatric procedures

 

IB

LAGB

SPG

p

Subject number

28

30

20

 

Sex (female/male)

24/4

26/4

14/6

0.1

Age (years)

35.0 ± 7.7

34.1 ± 8.7

37.8 ± 6.1

0.25

BMI pre-intervention (kg/m2)

42.5 ± 4.0

42.5 ± 4.7

46.8 ± 4.3

0.012

Age at smoking initiation, years

17.1 ± 2.0

16.8 ± 3.7

16.9 ± 2.3

0.42

Duration of smoking, years

16.0 ± 5.7

15.4 ± 6.9

17.7 ± 6.3

0.56

Number of cigarettes smoked per day*

20 (10–30)

20 (10–30)

20 (15–25)

0.79

Number of smoking cessation attempts*

0 (0–2)

0 (0–3)

0.5 (0–4)

0.38

FTND, score*

3 (0–8)

4 (0–8)

4 (0–8)

0.46

  1. FTND: Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence
  2. Values are expressed as mean ± SD except otherwise specified. * = median (range)