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ArticleMedicines (Basel, Switzerland)2017

Association between Auricular Signals and the Risk Factors of Metabolic Syndrome.

Lorna Kwai Ping Suen, Chao Hsing Yeh, Simon Kai Wang Yeung, Jojo Yee Mei Kwan, Hon Fat Wong, David Chan, Alice Siu Ping Cheung, Vincent Tok Fai Yeung

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Article in Medicines (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 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 3 countries.

Lorna Kwai Ping SuenSchool of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. lorna.suen@polyu.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0002-0126-6674
Chao Hsing YehAssociate Professor, Acute and Chronic Care, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing 21205, Baltimore, MD, USA. cyeh13@jhu.edu.
Simon Kai Wang YeungSchool of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. simonyeung.kw@gmail.com.
Jojo Yee Mei KwanCentre for Diabetes Education & Management, Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital, Hong Kong, China. kwanym3@ha.org.hk.
Hon Fat WongSchool of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. hon.fat.dino.wong@polyu.edu.hk.
David ChanKinetics Medical & Health Group Co. Ltd, Hong Kong. davidchan@kinetics.hk.
Alice Siu Ping CheungSchool of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. seeninepwh@yahoo.com.
Vincent Tok Fai YeungDepartment of Medicine & Geriatrics, Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital, Hong Kong. yeungtf@ha.org.hk.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University · HKOur Lady of Maryknoll Hospital · CNJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Auricular diagnosisauricular signalscardiovasculardiabetesmetabolic syndromescreening

Identifiers

PMID28930260
PMCPMC5622380
OpenAlexW2690004575

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