Validity of self-reported weights following bariatric surgery

JAMA

Volumn 310, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 2454-2456

  Christian, Nicholas J ^a   King, Wendy C ^a   Yanovski, Susan Z ^b   Courcoulas, Anita P ^c   Belle, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH BYPASS; UNDERWEIGHT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT CHANGE; YOUNG ADULT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889823466     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.281043     Document Type: Article

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