Impact of 6 months of treatment with intragastric balloon on body fat and quality of life in obese individuals with metabolic syndrome

Table 2 Correlation analysis between improvements in variables indicative of excess body fat and improvements in the WHOQOL-BREF domains (Δ for all variables)

	Question 1	Question 2	Physical domain	Psychological domain	Environmental domain
Anthropometric
Δ BMI (kg/m²)	r = − 0.43	r = − 0.32	r = − 0.22	r = − 0.01	r = − 0.08
Δ BMI (kg/m²)	p = 0.0061	p = 0.046	p = 0.17	p = 0.94	p = 0.62
Δ Weight (kg)	r = − 0.43	r = −0.34	r = − 0.24	r = − 0.02	r = − 0.07
Δ Weight (kg)	p = 0.005	p = 0.033	p = 0.13	p = 0.85	p = 0.66
Δ Waist (cm)	r = −0.49	r = −0.35	r = − 0.34	r = − 0.08	r = − 0.15
Δ Waist (cm)	p = 0.002	p = 0.03	p = 0.036	p = 0.62	p = 0.37
DXA
Δ Fat Free Mass (g)	r = −0.36	r = −0.02	r = −0.04	r = 0.16	r = 0.30
Δ Fat Free Mass (g)	p = 0.04	p = 0.91	p = 0.79	p = 0.38	p = 0.09
Δ Total fat (%)	r = −0.61	r = −0.45	r = − 0.23	r = − 0.29	r = − 0.47
Δ Total fat (%)	p = 0.0002	p = 0.009	p = 0.19	p = 0.10	p = 0.0067

Question 1 = “How would you rate your quality of life?”; Question 2 = “How satisfied are you with your health?”. BMI Body mass index, DXA Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

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