Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18725605›Full record

ReviewCMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2008

Cancer and cholesterol: understanding the V-shaped association in patients with diabetes.

Eric L Ding, Frank B Hu

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Review in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Eric L DingDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Frank B Hu

Funding

DIETARY PATTERNS AND RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASER01HL060712 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI HU, FRANK B, QI, QIBIN · 1998 to 2021
$8.0M
BIOCHEMICAL AND GENETIC MARKERS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES RISKR01DK058845 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI HU, FRANK B · 2001 to 2013
$7.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL60712NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL060712NIDDK NIH HHS DK58845NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK058845
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesCholesterolDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Global HealthHumansHypercholesterolemiaNeoplasmsRisk FactorsSurvival RateCholesterol

Identifiers

PMID18725605
PMCPMC2518187

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Registered trials

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