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ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2017

The 'obesity paradox' may not be a paradox at all.

H R Banack, A Stokes

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Article in International journal of obesity (2005), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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89citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

89 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Management of obesity in kidney transplant candidates and recipients: A clinical practice guideline by the DESCARTES Working Group of ERA.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

H R BanackDepartment of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
A StokesDepartment of Global Health and Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

The Contribution of Obesity to International Differences in LongevityR01AG040212 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PRESTON, SAMUEL H · 2011 to 2015
$1.7M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG040212
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Body Fat DistributionBody Mass IndexCardiovascular DiseasesHumansMetabolic DiseasesObesityTerminology as Topic

Identifiers

PMID28584251

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