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ArticleEndocrine2015

Salivary testosterone measurement does not identify biochemical hypogonadism in aging men: a ROC analysis.

Lawrence D Hayes, Nicholas Sculthorpe, Peter Herbert, Julien S Baker, David A Hullin, Liam P Kilduff, Dewi Reed, Roberto Spagna, Fergal M Grace

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Article in Endocrine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Lawrence D HayesSchool of Human Sciences, London Metropolitan University, Holloway Road, London, N7 8DB, UK, l.hayes@londonmet.ac.uk.
Nicholas Sculthorpe
Peter Herbert
Julien S Baker
David A Hullin
Liam P Kilduff
Dewi Reed
Roberto Spagna
Fergal M Grace
Royal Glamorgan Hospital · GBUniversity of the West of Scotland · GBLondon Metropolitan University · GBSwansea University · GBUniversity of Wales · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AgedAgingHumansHypogonadismMaleMiddle AgedROC CurveSalivaTestosteroneTestosterone

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PMID25542187
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