The National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet) Bariatric Study Cohort: Rationale, Methods, and Baseline Characteristics

Sengwee Toh   ¹ , ScD ;   Laura J Rasmussen-Torvik   ² , MPH, PhD ;   Emily E Harmata   ³ , RN, MSN, FNP-C ;   Roy Pardee   ⁴ , MA, JD ;   Rosalinde Saizan   ⁵ , BSN, RN, CBN ;   Elisha Malanga   ⁶ , BS ;   Jessica L Sturtevant   ¹ , MS ;   Casie E Horgan   ¹ , BS, MPH ;   Jane Anau   ⁴ , BS ;   Cheri D Janning   ⁷ , MS ;   Robert D Wellman   ⁴ , MS ;   R Yates Coley   ⁴ , PhD ;   Andrea J Cook   ⁴ , PhD ;   Anita P Courcoulas   ⁸ , MD, MPH ;   Karen J Coleman   ⁹ , PhD ;   Neely A Williams   ¹⁰ , MDiv ;   Kathleen M McTigue   ¹¹ , MD, MPH ;   David Arterburn   ⁴ , MD, MPH ;   James McClay   ¹² , MD ;   PCORnet Bariatric Surgery Collaborative   ¹³

¹ Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, United States

² Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States

³ Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States

⁴ Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States

⁵ Ochsner Surgical Weight Loss Center, New Orleans, LA, United States

⁶ COPD Foundation, Washington, DC, United States

⁷ Duke Clinical & Translational Science Institute, Durham, NC, United States

⁸ Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

⁹ Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, United States

¹⁰ Community Partners' Network, Nashville, TN, United States

¹¹ Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

¹² University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States

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