Short-term outcomes of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy among obesity patients in the northern west bank: a retrospective records review

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Table 5 The simple associations between the main study outcome (post-operative BMI) and marital status, practice of sport or exercise currently and age variables (N = 30) ^§

	Post-operative BMI
Independent variables	B	SE	Beta	P- value (95% CI for B)
Age (years)	0.28	0.13	0.39	0.033 (0.02-0.54)*
Marital status (not married/married)	6.88	2.76	0.43	0.019 (1.22-12.54)*
Practice any kind of sport or exercise currently (no/yes)	−8.89	2.41	−0.57	0.001 (−13.83- -3.95)*

^§Simple linear regression was used. SE, standard error; B, Unstandardized regression coefficient; Beta, Standardized regression coefficient; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index.*Statistically significant (p <0.05).