Long-term mortality and incidence of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes in diabetic and nondiabetic obese patients undergoing gastric banding: a controlled study

Table 4 Exemptions from medical expenses after initial visit in surgery versus no-surgery patients and in the four groups of patients

	Exemptions		p	DM surgery	DM no-surgery	NO-DM surgery	NO-DM no-surgery
	Total surgery	Total no-surgery	p	DM surgery	DM no-surgery	NO-DM surgery	NO-DM no-surgery
Diabetes mellitus^a
ICD E10–E14	15	48	0.035	0	0	15^§	48
CVD diseases
ICD I00-I98	52	124	0.048	12	26	40^§	98
ICD I10–I15	42	107	0.034	10	21	32	86
ICD I20–I25	10	17		2	5	8	12
Liver diseases
ICD K00–K92	8	18	NS	4	7	4	11
Neoplasia
ICD C00–D49	4	17	NS	2	5	2	12
Lung diseases
ICD J00-J98	4	9	NS	1	4	3	5
Renal diseases
ICD N00–N99	0	3	NS	0	2	0	1
Metabolic, diseases
ICD 10 E70–E90	4	13	NS	1	6	3	7
Total	87	232	0.001	20	50	67^§§	182

DM diabetic patients, NO-DM nondiabetic patients
^§p < 0.05 versus no-surgery; ^§§ p < 0.001 versus no-surgery (DM surgery vs DM no-surgery; no-DM surgery vs no-DM no-surgery)
^aFor diabetes mellitus exemptions only non diabetic patients at baseline are considered (333 and 554, respectively)

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