Figure 1From: Biliary pancreatic diversion and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in morbid obesity: their long-term effects on metabolic syndrome and on cardiovascular parametersDecrease of body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) in patients undergoing BPD, LAGB, and in control patients. Means ± SE. at all times intervals, BMI decrease was significantly greater with BPD than with LAGB (°, p < 0.05 or less), and with LAGB than in controls (*, p < 0.05 or less).Back to article page