Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29093623›Full record

Observational studyWorld journal of gastroenterology2017

Presence of columnar-lined esophagus is negatively associated with the presence of esophageal varices in Japanese alcoholic men.

Akira Yokoyama, Kenro Hirata, Rieko Nakamura, Tai Omori, Takeshi Mizukami, Junko Aida, Katsuya Maruyama, Tetsuji Yokoyama

Open access · hybridAbstract readObservational Study
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Observational study in World journal of gastroenterology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Akira YokoyamaNational Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center, Kanagawa 239-0541, Japan. a_yokoyama@kurihama1.hosp.go.jp.
Kenro HirataDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
Rieko NakamuraDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
Tai OmoriEndoscopy Center, Kawasaki Municipal Ida Hospital, Kanagawa 211-0035, Japan.
Takeshi MizukamiNational Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center, Kanagawa 239-0541, Japan.
Junko AidaResearch Team for Geriatric Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan.
Katsuya MaruyamaNational Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center, Kanagawa 239-0541, Japan.
Tetsuji YokoyamaDepartment of Health Promotion, National Institute of Public Health, Saitama 351-0104, Japan.
Kawasaki Municipal Hospital · JPKeio University · JPTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology · JPNational Institute of Public Health · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo determine whether the presence of columnar-lined esophagus (CLE) is associated with the presence of esophageal varices (EVs) in male Japanese alcoholics.

methodsThe subjects were 1614 Japanese alcohol-dependent men (≥ 40 years of age) who had undergone upper gastrointestinal endoscopic screening. Digitalized records of high-quality endoscopic images that included the squamocolumnar junction and esophagogastric junction were retrospectively jointly reviewed by four expert endoscopists for the purpose of diagnosing CLE. The authors investigated whether and to what extent there were associations between the presence of CLE and the presence of EVs, especially in the group with liver cirrhosis (LC).

resultsCLE ≥ 5 mm in length was found in 355 subjects (≥ 30 mm in 6 of them), LC without EVs in 152 subjects, LC with EVs in 174 subjects, and EVs without LC in 6 subjects. Advanced EVs,

conclusionThe presence of CLE in male Japanese alcoholics was negatively associated with the presence of EVs.

Indexed as

Alcohol DehydrogenaseAldehyde Dehydrogenase, MitochondrialAsian PeopleCross-Sectional StudiesEndoscopy, GastrointestinalEsophageal and Gastric VaricesEsophagusHumansHypertension, PortalJapanLiver Cirrhosis, AlcoholicLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioADH1B protein, humanAlcohol DehydrogenaseAldehyde Dehydrogenase, MitochondrialALDH2 protein, humanAlcoholColumnar-lined esophagusEsophageal varicesHiatal herniaLiver cirrhosisPortal hypertension

Identifiers

PMID29093623
PMCPMC5656462
OpenAlexW2766987792

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.