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Table 3 Characteristics of patients with and without Night-Eating Syndrome in post-bariatric procedure patients

From: Evaluating Night-Eating Syndrome in bariatric surgery patients: A cross-sectional study

Variable

NES

No NES

P value

Age

40.4 ± 10.5

38.0 ± 11.9

0.140

Sex

Female

35 (42.2%)

48 (57.8%)

0.017

Male

17 (23.9%)

54 (76.1%)

Nationality

Non-Saudi

11 (45.8%)

13 (54.2%)

0.174

Saudi

41 (31.5%)

89 (68.5%)

Height (cm)

Height (cm)

165.0 ± 9.73

167.4 ± 9.5

0.123

Weight (kg)

Before procedure

120.7 ± 25.7

127.3 ± 30.5

0.618

After procedure

78.9 ± 18.5

81.3 ± 18.0

0.417

BMI (kg/m²)

Before procedure

44.3 ± 8.5

45.1 ± 8.0

0.909

After procedure

28.9 ± 6.2

28.9 ± 5.7

0.945

Presence of chronic disease

No

25 (55.6%)

20 (44.4%)

0.072

Yes

77 (70.6%)

32 (29.4%)

Specific chronic conditions

Diabetes mellitus

6 (85.7%)

1 (14.3%)

0.025

Dyslipidemia

2 (40%)

3 (60%)

Hypertension

5 (38.5%)

8 (61.5%)

Other

6 (30%)

14 (70%)

Adherence to postoperative diet

No

38 (33.6%)

75 (66.4%)

0.952

Yes

14 (34.1%)

27 (65.9%)

  1. NES: Night-Eating Syndrome; BMI: body mass index. Data are presented as mean ± SD for continuous variables and frequency (percentage) for categorical variables. Continuous variables were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test and categorical variables using the Chi-Square test to compare differences and assess associations between groups with and without Night-Eating Syndrome. P values below 0.05 denote statistical significance