Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25470378›Full record

ArticleNutrients2014

Subclinical cardiovascular damage and fat utilization in overweight/obese individuals receiving the same dietary and pharmacological interventions.

Tiziana Montalcini, Theodora Lamprinoudi, Gaetano Gorgone, Yvelise Ferro, Stefano Romeo, Arturo Pujia

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nutrients, 2014. 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
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tiziana MontalciniClinical Nutrition Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro 88100, Italy. tmontalcini@unicz.it.
Theodora LamprinoudiClinical Nutrition Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro 88100, Italy. tlamprinoudi@hotmail.it.
Gaetano GorgoneClinical Nutrition Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro 88100, Italy. ggorgone58@libero.it.
Yvelise FerroClinical Nutrition Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro 88100, Italy. ferro@unicz.it.
Stefano RomeoClinical Nutrition Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro 88100, Italy. romeo@unicz.it.
Arturo PujiaClinical Nutrition Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Science, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro 88100, Italy. pujia@unicz.it.
Magna Graecia University · ITUniversity of Gothenburg · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Subclinical organ damage precedes the occurrence of cardiovascular events in individuals with obesity and hypertension. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between fuel utilization and subclinical cardiovascular damage in overweight/obese individuals free of established cardiovascular disease receiving the same diet and pharmacological intervention. In this retrospective study a total of 35 subjects following a balanced diet were enrolled. They underwent a complete nutritional and cardiovascular assessment. Echocardiography and ultrasonography of the carotid arteries was performed. The respiratory quotient (fuel utilization index) was assessed by indirect calorimetry. A total of 18 had left ventricular concentric remodeling, 17 were normal. Between these two groups, a significant difference of intima-media thickness was showed (p = 0.015). Also a difference of respiratory quotient was shown with the highest value in those with remodeling (p = 0.038). At univariate and multivariate analysis, cardiac remodeling was associated with respiratory quotient (RQ) (p = 0.04; beta = 0.38; SE = 0.021; B = 0.044). The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for respiratory quotient to predict remodeling was 0.72 (SE = 0.093; p = 0.031; RQ = 0.87; 72% sensitivity, 84% specificity). The respiratory quotient is significantly different between those participants with and without cardiac remodeling. Its measurement may help for interpreting the (patho)physiological mechanisms in the nutrients utilization of obese people with different response to dietary or pharmacological interventions.

Indexed as

Caloric RestrictionEnergy MetabolismAdiposityAdultAntihypertensive AgentsArea Under CurveAsymptomatic DiseasesBody Mass IndexCalorimetryCardiovascular DiseasesChi-Square DistributionEchocardiography, DopplerElectric ImpedanceFemaleHumansLinear ModelsAntihypertensive Agents

Identifiers

PMID25470378
PMCPMC4276983
OpenAlexW2100070695

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.