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SynthesisJournal of the American Heart Association2017

Prognostic Value of Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate for Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Ting-Ting Wu, Yuan Chen, Yun Zhou, Dilare Adi, Ying-Ying Zheng, Fen Liu, Yi-Tong Ma, Xiang Xie

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Synthesis in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ting-Ting WuDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Yuan ChenDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Yun ZhouDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Dilare AdiDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Ying-Ying ZhengDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Fen LiuXinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease Research, Urumqi, China.
Yi-Tong MaDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.
Xiang XieDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China xiangxie999@sina.com.
Xinjiang Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University · CNXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Disease Prevention and Control Center · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of the present study was to estimate the impact of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) on the prognosis of patients with cardiovascular disease by performing a systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS AND

resultsThe Embase, PubMed, Web of Science, CNKI, and WanFang databases were searched up to September 5, 2016, to identify eligible studies. The quality of each study was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. The association between DHEAS, either on admission or at discharge, and cardiovascular disease outcomes were reviewed. The overall risk ratio for the effect of DHEAS on all-cause mortality and fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events was pooled using a fixed-effects or a random-effects model. The publication bias was evaluated using funnel plots. Twenty-five studies were included for systematic review. The follow-up duration ranged from 1 to 19 years. Eighteen studies were included in the meta-analysis. We found that lower DHEAS levels indicated a significant increased risk for all-cause mortality (risk ratio, 1.47; 95% CI, 1.38-1.56 [

conclusionsPatients with cardiovascular disease who have lower DHEAS levels may have poorer prognosis than those with higher DHEAS levels.

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Identifiers

PMID28476876
PMCPMC5524067
OpenAlexW2610376988

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