Table 2 Nutritional status and compliance with treatment among the patients
From: Post-bariatric surgery peripheral neuropathies: Kuwaiti experience
Mononeuropathy, n = 22 | Polyneuropathy, n = 35 | P | |||
Thiamine, deficient vs non-deficient (n) | 9 (41%) vs 13 (59%) | 20 (57%) vs 15 (43%) | 0.24* | ||
Vitamin B12, deficient vs non-deficient (n) | 7 (31.8%) vs 15 (69.2%) | 15 (43%) vs 20 (57%) | 0.53* | ||
Folate, deficient vs non-deficient (n) | 5 (22.7%) vs 17 (77.3%) | 12 (34.2%) vs 23 (65.7%) | 0.23* | ||
Vitamin D, deficient vs non-deficient | 6 (27.2%) vs 16 (72.8%) | 6 (17%) vs 29 (83%) | 0.27* | ||
Compliance with treatment | n | Percent | n | Percent | |
Compliant | 8 | 36.4 | 7 | 20.7 | 0.62* |
Poorly compliant | 11 | 50.0 | 16 | 48.3 | |
Non-compliant | 3 | 13.6 | 12 | 31.0 | |