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Figure 1. Comparative responses to questions 1 to 6 of the modified BAROS questionnaire from 208 patients who underwent bariatric surgery with 6 to 20 years of postoperative follow-up, according to their postoperative periods. To assess quality of life as a function of surgery time, the number of patients in the first three categories (no improvement) was compared with the number of patients in the last two response categories (improvement). The Chi-square test was applied and there were no significant differences between postoperative periods (P > 0.05).