Fig. 1

(A) Circulating serum cortisol (triangles) and body weight (circles) before (baseline) and 3–24 months after RYGB. (B) Correlation between baseline cortisol and the amount of bodyweight lost at 24 months following bariatric surgery. Data is given as mean ± SEM. ****p < 0.0001, ^#p < 0.05, ^##p < 0.01, ^####p < 0.0001.