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ArticleJournal of diabetes investigation2017

Changes in carotid intima-media thickening in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: Subanalysis of the Sitagliptin Preventive Study of Intima-Media Thickness Evaluation.

Tomoya Mita, Naoto Katakami, Toshihiko Shiraiwa, Hidenori Yoshii, Masahiko Gosho, Iichiro Shimomura, Hirotaka Watada, Sitagliptin Preventive Study of Intima-media Thickness Evaluation (SPIKE) Trial

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Article in Journal of diabetes investigation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Tomoya MitaDepartment of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Naoto KatakamiDepartment of Metabolic Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Toshihiko ShiraiwaShiraiwa Medical Clinic, Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan.
Hidenori YoshiiDepartment of Medicine, Diabetology & Endocrinology, Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
Masahiko GoshoDepartment of Clinical Trial and Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Iichiro ShimomuraDepartment of Metabolic Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Hirotaka WatadaDepartment of Metabolism & Endocrinology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Sitagliptin Preventive Study of Intima-media Thickness Evaluation (SPIKE) Trial
Juntendo University · JPOsaka University · JPKawamura Hospital · JPTokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital · JPUniversity of Tsukuba Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Figure 1 shows differences in treatment-induced delta change in carotid IMT relative to baseline, according to various pre-defined risk factors for atherosclerosis. These data suggest that treatment with DPP-4 inhibitors seem to prevent the progression of carotid atherosclerosis regardless of disease burden.

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AgedCarotid Artery DiseasesCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV InhibitorsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSitagliptin PhosphateTreatment OutcomeDipeptidyl-Peptidase IV InhibitorsSitagliptin Phosphate

Identifiers

PMID28256102
PMCPMC5334297
OpenAlexW2594656545

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