Poster Session E - Tuesday Afternoon
Category: Obesity
Andrew Schwartz, BS
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Patient Characteristics | Referred, Underwent Bariatric Surgery (+) (n=32) | Referred, Did Not Undergo Bariatric Surgery (-) (n=118) | p | |
Sex n (%) | Male | 6 (19) | 35 (30) | 0.22 |
Female | 26 (81) | 83 (70) | ||
Age years (SD) | 49 (10.3) | 51 (12.98) | 0.60 | |
Medicare Qualifying n (%) | 2 (6) | 19 (12.98) | 0.15 | |
Race n (%) | White | 22 (69) | 86 (73) | 0.29 |
Black | 4 (13) | 15 (13) | ||
Asian | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | ||
Other/Declined | 5 (15) | 17 (14) | ||
Ethnicity n (%) | Hispanic | 6 (19) | 27 (23) | 0.62 |
Non-Hispanic | 26 (81) | 91 (77) | ||
Insurance Status n (%) | Uninsured | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.045 |
Medicaid | 14 (44) | 31 (26) | ||
Medicare | 2 (6) | 27 (23) | ||
Private | 16 (50) | 60 (51) | ||
Median House Income by Zip Code n (%) | < $50k | 7 (22) | 29 (25) | 0.48 |
$50k-100k | 19 (59) | 75 (63) | ||
>$100k | 6 (19) | 14 (12) | ||
Anti-Obesity Medications n (%) | Lifetime | 16 (47) | 38 (32) | 0.78 |
Since YFLDP | 10 (31) | 29 (25) | ||
BMI Reduction mean (SD) | RYGB (n=10) | 8.3 (5.4) | Predicted 1.3 (3.9) | < 0.001 |
SG (n=22) | 9.4 (6.1) | < 0.001 | ||
TBWL % (SE) | RYGB (n=10) | 20.5 (3.5) | Predicted 3 (0.8) | < 0.001 |
SG (n=22) | 21 (2.73) | < 0.001 |