Suspected research fraud: difficulties of getting at the truth.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Comparison of seven popular structured dietary programmes and risk of mortality and major cardiovascular events in patients at increased cardiovascular risk: systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023
   Pooled it
2. Effects of lifestyle interventions on cardiovascular risk factors in South Asians: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2022
   Pooled it
3. Omega-3 fatty acids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
   Pooled it
4. Omega 3 fatty acid supplementation after myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2019
   Pooled it
5. Mediterranean-style diet for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
   Pooled it
6. Omega-3 fatty acids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
   Pooled it
7. Omega-3 fatty acids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
   Pooled it
8. Blood pressure lowering efficacy of coenzyme Q10 for primary hypertension.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
   Pooled it
9. Dietary fatty acids in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression.BMJ open · 2014
   Pooled it
10. Omega-3 fatty acids in high-risk cardiovascular patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2010
    Pooled it
11. Association between change in high density lipoprotein cholesterol and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality: systematic review and meta-regression analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2009
    Pooled it
12. A Structured Narrative Review of Contemporary Dietary Strategies Following Acute Coronary Syndromes.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026
    Review
13. Publication ethics: Role and responsibility of authors.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2021
    Review
14. Retracted articles in rehabilitation: just the tip of the iceberg? A bibliometric analysis.Archives of physiotherapy · 2020
    Review
15. Mediterranean-Style Diet for the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Cochrane Review.Global heart · 2020
    Review
16. The Possibility of Systematic Research Fraud Targeting Under-Studied Human Genes: Causes, Consequences, and Potential Solutions.Biomarker insights · 2019
    Review
17. The visibility of scientific misconduct: A review of the literature on retracted journal articles.Current sociology. La Sociologie contemporaine · 2017
    Review
18. [Scientific fraud].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2016
    Article
19. Innovative studies, eloquent peer reviewing and cultured editing: Academic desires and tangible dreams of an editor.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2015
    Article
20. Medical research misconduct need regulatory reforms.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2014
    Article

Corrections and comments

• Commented on by
  Investigating allegations of scientific misconduct.2005
• Commented on by
  Investigating the previous studies of a fraudulent author.2005

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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