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ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2017

Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of death in 68 year follow-up: prospective population study.

Catherine M Calvin, G David Batty, Geoff Der, Caroline E Brett, Adele Taylor, Alison Pattie, Iva Čukić, Ian J Deary

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Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
17.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

87 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 212 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Catherine M CalvinDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK I.Deary@ed.ac.uk catherine.calvin@psych.ox.ac.uk.
G David BattyCentre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology (CCACE), Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK.
Geoff DerCentre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology (CCACE), Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK.
Caroline E BrettCentre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology (CCACE), Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK.
Adele TaylorDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK.
Alison PattieDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK.
Iva ČukićDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK.
Ian J DearyDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK I.Deary@ed.ac.uk catherine.calvin@psych.ox.ac.uk.
University of Edinburgh · GBLiverpool John Moores University · GBMRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit · GBUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G1001401Medical Research Council MR/K026992/1Medical Research Council MR/L023784/1Medical Research Council MR/L023784/2Medical Research Council MR/M013111/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Cause of DeathAdolescentAdultAgedChildFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth SurveysHumansIntelligenceLongevityMaleMiddle AgedPsychosocial DeprivationRisk AssessmentScotland

Identifiers

PMID28659274
PMCPMC5485432
OpenAlexW2620649070

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