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ArticleJournal of aging research2017

Polypharmacy among Underserved Older African American Adults.

Mohsen Bazargan, James Smith, Masoud Movassaghi, David Martins, Hamed Yazdanshenas, Seyede Salehe Mortazavi, Gail Orum

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Article in Journal of aging research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohsen BazarganCharles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU), Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6153-7870
James SmithCharles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Masoud MovassaghiUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
David MartinsCharles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Hamed YazdanshenasCharles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Seyede Salehe MortazaviMental Health Research Center, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Gail OrumCharles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · USCharles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science · USIran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Workshop for Junior Biostatisticians in Health ResearchU54MD007598 · NIMHD · CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MED & SCI · PI Piwen Wang · 2012 to 2026
$60.0M
The CDU-Clinical Research Education and Career Development ProgramR25MD007610 · NIMHD · CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MED & SCI · PI Roberto Balbino Vargas · 2012 to 2026
$7.8M
NIMHD NIH HHS R25 MD007610NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD007598
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to examine correlates of polypharmacy among underserved community-dwelling older African American adults.

Identifiers

PMID28630771
PMCPMC5463153
OpenAlexW2619165799

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