Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27544319›Full record

ReviewProgress in cardiovascular diseases

Triglyceride Treatment in the Age of Cholesterol Reduction.

Nidhi Agrawal, Patricia Freitas Corradi, Namrata Gumaste, Ira J Goldberg

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Review in Progress in cardiovascular diseases. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nidhi AgrawalDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY.
Patricia Freitas CorradiDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY.
Namrata GumasteDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY.
Ira J GoldbergDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY. Electronic address: Ira.Goldberg@NYUMC.org.
New York University · US

Funding

Role of Serum Amyloid A in Diabetic Vascular DiseaseP01HL092969 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BORNFELDT, KARIN E. · 2008 to 2019
$23.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL092969
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cholesterol reduction has markedly reduced major cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and shown regression of atherosclerosis in some studies. However, CVD has for decades also been associated with increased levels of circulating triglyceride (TG)-rich lipoproteins. Whether this is due to a direct toxic effect of these lipoproteins on arteries or whether this is merely an association is unresolved. More recent genetic analyses have linked genes that modulate TG metabolism with CVD. Moreover, analyses of subgroups of hypertriglyceridemic (HTG) subjects in clinical trials using fibric acid drugs have been interpreted as evidence that TG reduction reduces CVD events. This review will focus on how HTG might cause CVD, whether TG reduction makes a difference, what pathophysiological defects cause HTG, and what options are available for treatment.

Indexed as

HypertriglyceridemiaCardiovascular DiseasesDisease ManagementHumansHypolipidemic AgentsTriglyceridesHypolipidemic AgentsTriglyceridesCardiovascular diseaseHyperlipidemiaHypertriglyceridemiaTriglyceride

Identifiers

PMID27544319
PMCPMC5364728
OpenAlexW2509712388

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