Efficacy of intragastric balloon on weight reduction: Saudi perspective

Table 4 Association of gender and exercise on end of treatment success and long term success

Characteristics	At removal (mean ± SD)a				After 6 mo of removal
	Gender		Exercise		Gender
	Male (n = 72)	Female (n = 229)	Yes (n = 131)	No (n = 170)	Male (n = 72)	Female (n = 229)
BWL (%)	14.99 ± 4.72	12.48 ± 4.68b	15.22 ± 4.81	11.43 ± 4.11b	16.71 ± 6.72	13.53 ± 5.72b
Number of patients with BWL% > 10	8	160b	113	111b	9	163b
Body mass index loss (kg/m2)	5.56 ± 1.92	4.49 ± 1.78b	5.47 ± 1.85	4.19 ± 1.68b	6.19 ± 2.72	4.89 ± 2.20b
EBMIL%	51.61 ± 24.75	45.12 ± 22.09a	55.66 ± 25.12	39.74 ± 18.24b	57.48 ± 30.27	49.06 ± 26.53a
Fasting blood glucose reduction (%)	-0.59 ± 13.29	-0.92 ± 13.14	-0.37 ± 13.10	-1.25 ± 13.22	--	--

^aP < 0.05 vs

^bP < 0.001. ETS: End of treatment success; LTS: Long term success; BWL: Body weight loss; EBMIL: Excess body mass index loss.