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ArticleUnited European gastroenterology journal2016

Towards a healthy stomach?

Lars Agréus, Per M Hellström, Nicholas J Talley, Bengt Wallner, Anna Forsberg, Michael Vieth, Lothar Veits, Karin Björkegren, Lars Engstrand, Anna Andreasson

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Article in United European gastroenterology journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Lars AgréusDivision of Family Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Per M HellströmDepartment of Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Nicholas J TalleyFaculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia.
Bengt WallnerDepartment of Surgery, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Anna ForsbergMolecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Michael ViethInstitute of Pathology, Klinikum Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
Lothar VeitsInstitute of Pathology, Klinikum Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
Karin BjörkegrenDepartment of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Lars EngstrandDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anna AndreassonDivision of Family Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet · SEBayreuth Medical Center · DEUppsala University · SEStockholm University · SEUmeå University · SEUniversity of Newcastle Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn Western countries the prevalence of MATERIALS AND

methodsIn 1989, the validated Abdominal Symptom Questionnaire (ASQ) was mailed to a random sample of inhabitants (ages 22-80 years) in a Swedish community, and 1097 (87%) responded.

resultsThe prevalence of positive

conclusionThe stomach is healthier in 2012 compared with 1989.

Indexed as

corpus atrophyepidemiologyHelicobacter pylorilongitudinalpopulation-based

Identifiers

PMID27733911
PMCPMC5042307
OpenAlexW2204324752

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