Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18987279›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism2008

Impact of metformin, oral contraceptives, and lifestyle modification on polycystic ovary syndrome in obese adolescent women: do we need a new drug?

Richard S Legro

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In one paragraph

Article in The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Pharmacotherapy for childhood obesity: present and future prospects.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Richard S Legro
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · US

Funding

Translational Research in Polycystic Ovary SyndromeU54HD034449 · NICHD · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI NESTLER, JOHN E · 1997 to 2012
$15.0M
COOPERATIVE MULTICENTER REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE NETWORKU10HD038992 · NICHD · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI LEGRO, RICHARD S. · 2000 to 2017
$5.0M
Treatment of Hyperandrogenism vs. Insulin Resistance in Infertile PCOS WomenR01HD056510 · NICHD · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI LEGRO, RICHARD S. · 2008 to 2012
$3.1M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD056510NICHD NIH HHS U10 HD038992NICHD NIH HHS U10 HD38992NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD034449NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD34449
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Behavior TherapyAdolescentContraceptives, Oral, HormonalFemaleHumansHypoglycemic AgentsLife StyleMetforminObesityPolycystic Ovary SyndromeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicContraceptives, Oral, HormonalHypoglycemic AgentsMetformin

Identifiers

PMID18987279
PMCPMC2582571
OpenAlexW1972023309

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.