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ArticleAmerican journal of hypertension2013

Flawed evidence should not derail sound policy: the case remains strong for population-wide sodium reduction.

Lawrence J Appel, Paul K Whelton

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Article in American journal of hypertension, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing 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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Too much focus on low-quality science?CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Lawrence J AppelWelch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Paul K Whelton

Funding

JHU-UMD Diabetes Research CenterP30DK079637 · NIDDK · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WONDISFORD, FREDRIC E. · 2013 to 2017
$9.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079637
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesHealth PolicyHumansNational Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine DivisionRecommended Dietary AllowancesSodiumSodium, DietaryUnited StatesSodiumSodium, Dietary

Identifiers

PMID24042545
PMCPMC3879437

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