highly significantp < 0.001
Weight, BMI, and %TWL The weight and BMI mean ± SD showed highly significant differences with time from preoperative value till 24 months postoperative by repeated measure ANOVA ( p < 0.001) with highly significant differences, and positive correlation within each pair of successive readings by paired t test till 24 months postoperative (71.5 ± 10.8 kg and 25.6 ± 3.4 kg/m 2 at 24 months respectively) (Tables 3 and 4 ).