Table 4 Anthropometric characteristics of obese men and women undergoing bariatric procedures.

Features		Before bariatric treatment		6 months after bariatric treatment		Δ		DLR%
Features		\({\overline{\text{x}}}\)	SD	\({\overline{\text{x}}}\)	SD	\({\overline{\text{x}}}\)	SD	\({\overline{\text{x}}}\)	SD
Males n = 23
Body weight and its components [kg]	Body weight (BW)	146.89	15.13	113.02	20.50	33.87	15.65	0.11	0.05
	Fat mass (FM)	65.83	13.53	37.26	17.70	28.57	16.41	0.21	0.11
	Fat-free mass (FFM)	80.73	10.86	75.69	6.86	5.05	8.07	0.03	0.05
	Muscle mass (MM)	76.69	10.23	71.96	6.55	4.73	7.62	0.02	0.05
	Total body water (TBW)	60.91	7.97	54.66	4.87	6.25	7.22	0.04	0.06
Skinfolds [mm]	Shoulder	57.33	10.18	31.43	9.78	25.89	10.91	0.21	0.08
	Scapula	72.02	15.79	36.30	10.26	35.71	14.72	0.23	0.08
	Abdomen	84.64	9.01	44.78	12.40	39.86	13.77	0.22	0.08
	Calf	59.84	13.83	28.89	10.30	30.95	13.11	0.24	0.08
	Thigh (anterior aspect)	74.26	14.04	36.28	15.80	37.98	13.85	0.25	0.09
	Thigh (posterior aspect)	70.65	14.51	31.39	13.70	39.26	15.46	0.26	0.10
Females n = 57
Body weight and its components [kg]	Body weight (BW)	122.01	17.57	93.20	15.91	28.81	11.48	0.11	0.04
	Fat mass (FM)	59.03	11.32	37.40	11.68	21.63	9.24	0.18	0.07
	Fat-free mass (FFM)	62.81	7.66	55.80	5.87	7.00	4.28	0.05	0.03
	Muscle mass (MM)	59.81	7.30	52.99	5.59	6.82	4.00	0.05	0.03
	Total body water (TBW)	46.54	6.07	40.25	4.64	6.28	3.39	0.06	0.03
Skinfolds [mm]	Shoulder	57.56	12.36	33.35	6.73	24.21	10.64	0.20	0.07
	Scapula	62.65	13.37	34.85	8.49	27.80	12.71	0.20	0.07
	Abdomen	76.15	14.21	41.11	9.61	35.04	14.08	0.22	0.08
	Calf	60.66	12.60	32.08	9.62	28.58	11.07	0.22	0.07
	Thigh (anterior aspect)	77.29	11.11	42.94	11.39	34.35	10.28	0.21	0.07
	Thigh (posterior aspect)	71.58	13.50	36.22	14.90	35.36	11.52	0.24	0.08

\({\overline{\text{x}}}\), mean; SD, standard deviation; Δ, difference between measurements before bariatric treatment and 6 months after bariatric treatment; DLR%, daily percentage levels of reduction.

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