Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29204141›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2017

Na R Shin, Shambhunath Bose, Jing-Hua Wang, AbuZar Ansari, Soo-Kyoung Lim, Young-Won Chin, Han-Seok Choi, Hojun Kim

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Na R ShinDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, Goyang, South Korea.
Shambhunath BoseNosQuest, Bundang-gu, South Korea.
Jing-Hua WangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, Goyang, South Korea.
AbuZar AnsariDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, Goyang, South Korea.
Soo-Kyoung LimDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, Goyang, South Korea.
Young-Won ChinCollege of Pharmacy, Dongguk University, Goyang, South Korea.
Han-Seok ChoiDepartment of Endocrinology, Dongguk University, Goyang, South Korea.
Hojun KimDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, Goyang, South Korea.
Dongguk University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiota is important in energy contribution, metabolism and immune modulation, and compositional disruption of the gut microbiota population is closely associated with chronic metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes (T2D) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Metformin (MET) and

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Identifiers

PMID29204141
PMCPMC5698303
OpenAlexW2770293604

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Registered trials

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