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Table 5 Post-intervention trends of health outcomes of bariatric surgery. Sao Paulo (Brazil), 2018

From: Impacts of bariatric surgery in health outcomes and health care costs in Brazil: Interrupted time series analysis of multi-panel data

Health outcomes

Post intervention trend

CI 95%

p

Weight

-0.0271

(-0.0356;-0.0186)

<0.001

BMI

-0.0208

(-0.0246;-0.0169)

<0.001

Blood pressure

-0.0085

(-0.0141;-0.0030)

0.0025

Cholesterol

0.0016

(-0.0100;0.0133)

0.7820

VLDL

-0.0082

(-0.0108;-0.0055)

<0.001

LDL

-0.0173

(-0.0281;-0.0066)

0.0016

HDL

0.0188

(0.0150;0.0226)

<0.001

Triglycerides

-0.0544

(-0.0755;-0.0334)

<0.001

Insulin

-0.0058

(-0.0083;-0.0034)

<0.001

Glucose-linked hemoglobin

-0.0288

(-0.0414;-0.0162)

0.001

Fasting glucose

-0.0376

(-0.0470;-0.0281)

<0.001

Total direct cost

-9.3725

(-11.5077;-7.2373)

<0.001

Consultations

-0.0113

(-0.0170;-0.0056)

0.001

Hospitalizations

-8.5584

(-10.6245;-6.4924)

<0.001

Laboratory exams

-0.2202

(-0.2797;-0.1608)

<0.001

Image exams

-0.1059

(-0.1923;-0.0194)

0.0164

Medication

-0.4767

(-0.6364;-0.3170)

<0.001

  1. Obs.: CI 95% = 95% confidence interval. Regression with Newey-West standard errors