title: Baseline characteristics of participants in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery-2 (LABS-2) study.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: belle@edc.pitt.edu.
authors.forename: Steven H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Belle
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Berk
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Christian
authors.forename: Anita P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Courcoulas
authors.forename: Greg F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Dakin
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Flum
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horlick
authors.forename: Wendy C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McCloskey
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Emma J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Pender
authors.forename: Kristine J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Steffen
authors.forename: Richard C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Thirlby
authors.forename: Bruce M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: Susan Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Yanovski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Bariatric surgery; Obesity; Sex differences