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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017

FADS Gene Polymorphisms, Fatty Acid Desaturase Activities, and HDL-C in Type 2 Diabetes.

Meng-Chuan Huang, Wen-Tsan Chang, Hsin-Yu Chang, Hsin-Fang Chung, Fang-Pei Chen, Ya-Fang Huang, Chih-Cheng Hsu, Shang-Jyh Hwang

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Meng-Chuan HuangDepartment of Public Health and Environmental Medicine and Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan. mechhu@kmu.edu.tw.
Wen-Tsan ChangDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan. wtchang@kmu.edu.tw.
Hsin-Yu ChangDepartment of Public Health and Environmental Medicine and Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan. s3223251720@gmail.com.
Hsin-Fang ChungSchool of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia. evelyn150@yahoo.com.tw.
Fang-Pei ChenDepartment of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Chang-Jung Christian University, Tainan 71101, Taiwan. w787fanny@gmail.com.
Ya-Fang HuangInstitute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli County 35053, Taiwan. avon@nhri.org.tw.
Chih-Cheng HsuInstitute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli County 35053, Taiwan. cch@nhri.org.tw.
Shang-Jyh HwangDivision of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University and University Hospital, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan. sjhwang@kmu.edu.tw.
Kaohsiung Medical University · TWNational Health Research Institutes · TWChang Jung Christian University · TWThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) correlate with risk of dyslipidemia and cardiovascular diseases. Fatty acid desaturase (

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AgedCholesterol, HDLDelta-5 Fatty Acid DesaturaseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Fatty Acid DesaturasesFemaleGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedPolymorphism, Single NucleotideCholesterol, HDLDelta-5 Fatty Acid DesaturaseFADS1 protein, humanFADS2 protein, humanFatty Acid DesaturasesdiabetesFADS1FADS2genetic polymorphismsHDLpolyunsaturated fatty acids

Identifiers

PMID28555039
PMCPMC5486258
OpenAlexW2617864641

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