Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29377209›Full record

ReviewAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2018

Should vitamin B

Anne M Molloy

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In one paragraph

Review in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. A 2 year retrospective study of vegan patients and their pregnancy outcomes in a tertiary level Irish hospital.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026
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  6. Vitamin BThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026
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  15. Folate and vitamin BBirth defects research · 2024
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  19. Vitamin BBMJ open · 2023
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anne M MolloySchool of Medicine and School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin, Ireland.
Trinity College Dublin · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a strong biological premise for including vitamin B

Indexed as

Case-Control StudiesFemaleFolic AcidFood, FortifiedGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansInfant, NewbornMaleMethylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)Neural Tube DefectsNutritional StatusPregnancyRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsVitamin B 12Folic AcidMethylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)MTHFR protein, humanVitamin B 12cobalaminfolatefolic acidmaternal bloodvitamin B12

Identifiers

PMID29377209
PMCPMC5887889
OpenAlexW2793603655

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Registered trials

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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.