Volume 145, Issue 6, Pages 1245-1252.e5 (December 2013) Aspiration Therapy Leads to Weight Loss in Obese Subjects: A Pilot Study Shelby Sullivan, Richard Stein, Sreenivasa Jonnalagadda, Daniel Mullady, Steven Edmundowicz Gastroenterology Volume 145, Issue 6, Pages 1245-1252.e5 (December 2013) DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.08.056 Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Components of AT. (A) Internal components and Skin-Port and (B) external components. Gastroenterology 2013 145, 1245-1252.e5DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2013.08.056) Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Subject performing aspiration. Gastroenterology 2013 145, 1245-1252.e5DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2013.08.056) Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 (A) Percentage of absolute weight loss and (B) percentage of EWL in subjects in the LT group (n = 4, black triangles), in subjects in the AT group who completed 52 weeks of therapy (n = 10, black diamonds), and in subjects in the AT group who completed 104 weeks of therapy (n = 7, black squares). *Value significantly different from the corresponding value in the LT group, P < .05. Data are expressed as means ± SEM. Gastroenterology 2013 145, 1245-1252.e5DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2013.08.056) Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Supplementary Figure 1 Flow of study participants. Gastroenterology 2013 145, 1245-1252.e5DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2013.08.056) Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Supplementary Figure 2 Individual percent weight loss for the LT group (dashed lines) and the AT group (solid lines). Gastroenterology 2013 145, 1245-1252.e5DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2013.08.056) Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions