Baseline data from American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery-designated Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence using the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Database

This is the first report of data from BOLD. The data have revealed important characteristics of patients undergoing bariatric surgery across the United States in centers participating in the Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence program. Future analyses of BOLD data are likely to have a major effect on the specialty of bariatric surgery.