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    Table 1 Abbreviations

    Abbreviation

    Definition

    ASGE

    American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

    % AWL

    Percentage absolute weight loss

    BMI

    Body mass index

    CI

    Confidence interval

    ESG

    Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty

    EWL

    Excess weight loss

    %EWL

    Percentage excess weight loss

    GERD

    Gastroesophageal reflux disease

    GRADE

    Grading Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation

    IGB

    Intragastric balloons

    LSG

    Laparoscopic sleeve gastroplasty

    MD

    Mean difference

    NASH

    Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

    OR

    Odds ratio

    RCT

    Randomised controlled trial

    RR

    Risk ratio

    SD

    Standard deviation

    SG

    Sleeve gastrectomy

    % TWL

    Percentage total weight loss