Cardiometabolic health among gastric bypass surgery patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome

Table 2 Ethnic group comparison of change in mean cardiometabolic disease risk factors among women with polycystic ovary syndrome 12 mo, after gastric bypass surgery performed between 2001 and 2010

Anthropometric	Group	Estimated change	P value	P value
measures		12 mo after		Ethnic group
		surgery (SE)		comparisons
BMI (kg/m2)	Overall	9.7 (0.3)	< 0.0001	NHB	NHW
	Hispanic	10.1 (0.3)	< 0.0001	0.09	0.19
	NHB	9.1 (0.5)	< 0.0001	-	0.87
	NHW	9.0 (0.8)	< 0.0001	0.87	-
Weight (kg)	Overall	25.7 (0.7)	< 0.0001	NHB	NHW
	Hispanic	26.1 (0.8)	< 0.0001	0.49	0.40
	NHB	25.0 (1.3)	< 0.0001	-	0.76
	NHW	24.3 (2.0)	< 0.0001	0.76	-
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	Overall	35.1 (3.6)	< 0.0001	NHB	NHW
	Hispanic	37.9 (4.2)	< 0.0001	0.36	0.21
	NHB	29.7 (7.8)	0.01	-	0.63
	NHW	28.1 (10.8)	0.04	0.63	-
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	Overall	-0.1 (1.2)	0.95	NHB	NHW
	Hispanic	0.7 (1.5)	0.64	0.26	0.96
	NHB	-2.4 (2.6)	0.40	-	0.36
	NHW	0.1 (2.9)	0.98	0.36	-
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	Overall	27.8 (3.4)	< 0.0001	NHB	NHW
	Hispanic	29.9 (4.3)	< 0.0001	0.32	0.89
	NHB	22.9 (6.2)	0.01	-	0.51
	NHW	27.6 (7.3)	0.01	0.51	-
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	Overall	40.1 (7.6)	< 0.0001	NHB	NHW
	Hispanic	43.8 (10.4)	0.0003	0.36	0.26
	NHB	29.7 (7.5)	0.01	-	0.64
	NHW	22.7 (12.8)	0.13	0.64	-
Hemoglobin A1c (%)	Overall	0.6 (0.1)	< 0.0001	NHB	NHW
	Hispanic	0.6 (0.1)	< 0.0001	0.77	0.38
	NHB	0.5 (0.3)	0.11	-	0.66
	NHW	0.37 (0.3)	0.31	0.66	-
ALT (U/L)	Overall	4.9 (1.1)	< 0.0001	NHB	NHW
	Hispanic	5.1 (1.3)	0.0002	0.16	0.38
	NHB	2.6 (1.4)	0.08	-	0.16
	NHW	7.9 (3.7)	0.06	0.16	-
AST (U/L)	Overall	1.8 (0.8)	0.04	NHB	NHW
	Hispanic	1.9 (1.1)	0.07	0.37	0.66
	NHB	0.6 (1.1)	0.56	-	0.40
	NHW	2.9 (2.8)	0.33	0.40	-

NHB: Non-Hispanic black; NHW: Non-Hispanic white; BMI: Body mass index; EWL: Estimated weight loss; HDL: High-density lipoprotein; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase.