Fig. 1: Comparison of clinical changes by group before (pre-) and after (12M) sleeve gastrectomy.

Each group (ND, ND-HP, DM, and DM-HP) was compared using Wilcoxon and t tests for several clinical parameters, including A aspartate transferase (AST), B hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), C high-density lipoprotein (HDL), D serum uric acid, E body mass index (BMI), F blood glucose and G hepatic steatosis index (HSI). ND non-DM without H. pylori infection, ND-HP non-DM with H. pylori infection, DM diabetes mellitus, DM-HP DM with H. pylori infection.