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Trial reportEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2017

Vitamin B

J L Finkelstein, A V Kurpad, T Thomas, K Srinivasan, C Duggan

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Vitamin BThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026
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  12. Anemia levels in the preconception period and the first trimester of pregnancy: a national, multicentric and cross-sectional study.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2025
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  17. B12 Deficiency is the Commonest Cause of Anaemia During Pregnancy in Northern India: Study from a Tertiary Care Institute.Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion · 2024
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

J L FinkelsteinDivision of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
A V KurpadDivision of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
T ThomasDivision of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Population Health, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
K SrinivasanDivision of Mental Health and Neurosciences, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
C DugganDivision of Nutrition, St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences · INSt.John's Medical College Hospital · IN

Funding

Patient-oriented Research in Pediatric Diarrheal DiseasesK24HD058795 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI DUGGAN, CHRISTOPHER P · 2010 to 2014
$956k
Patient-oriented Research in Pediatric Diarrheal DiseasesK24DK104676 · NIDDK · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI DUGGAN, CHRISTOPHER P · 2015 to 2019
$903k
Randomized trial of vitamin B12 in pregnant Indian womenR03HD052143 · NICHD · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI DUGGAN, CHRISTOPHER P · 2007 to 2008
$167k
NICHD NIH HHS K24 HD058795NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD052143NIDDK NIH HHS K24 DK104676
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesVitamin B SUBJECTS/

methodsPregnant women participating in a vitamin B

resultsAt baseline (⩽14 weeks of gestation), 51% of mothers were vitamin B

conclusionsImpaired maternal vitamin B

Indexed as

BiomarkersFemaleHumansIndiaInfant, NewbornMaleMethylmalonic AcidPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsPregnancy TrimestersProspective StudiesTreatment OutcomeVitamin B 12Vitamin B 12 DeficiencyYoung AdultBiomarkersMethylmalonic AcidVitamin B 12

Identifiers

PMID28402324
PMCPMC8141370
OpenAlexW2605786711

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