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Blood tests taken before bariatric surgery were associated with blood pressure readings five years later, according to a study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. A USC-led team has developed an innovative way to predict blood pressure outcomes after bariatric surgery that outperforms the current standard practice. In 108 adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery, the researchers used blood tests taken before the