Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25379057›Full record

ArticleClinical lipidology2012

Testosterone, HDL and cardiovascular risk in men: the jury is still out.

Katya B Rubinow, Stephanie T Page

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Article in Clinical lipidology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing 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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
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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.

Katya B RubinowCenter for Research in Reproduction & Contraception, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA and Diabetes & Obesity Center of Excellence, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Stephanie T PageCenter for Research in Reproduction & Contraception, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

Funding

Spermatogonial Stem Cell Self-Renewal and DifferentiationU54HD042454 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI AMORY, JOHN K. · 2002 to 2016
$26.9M
Men's Reproductive Health Research at the Univ of WashingtonK12HD053984 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BREMNER, WILLIAM J · 2006 to 2016
$2.9M
NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD053984NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD042454
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

"Even when reductions in HDL-cholesterol are observed as a consequence of androgen therapy, the implications for cardiovascular risk modification remain highly uncertain."

Indexed as

androgenscardiovascular diseasecholesterolHDLtestosterone

Identifiers

PMID25379057
PMCPMC4219622

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