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PubMed ID:
23337770
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2013
Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: belle@edc.pitt.edu.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2012.11.006
Authors:
Courcoulas AP,
Engel S,
Pories W,
Schrope B,
Wolfe B,
LABS Consortium Weight Change Writing Group,
Belle SH,
Berk PD,
Flum DR,
Gourash W,
Horlick M,
Hsu JY,
Khandelwal S,
Mitchell JE,
O'Rourke RW
Studies:
Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery
Although it is recognized that a standardized approach to reporting weight change is essential to meaningful comparisons among cohorts and across studies, consensus is lacking. This study aimed to propose a method of reporting weight change that would allow meaningful comparisons among studies of patients who underwent bariatric surgery and to demonstrate its utility using an example from the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS).
