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Trial reportNutrients2018

A Pecan-Rich Diet Improves Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Diane L McKay, Misha Eliasziw, C Y Oliver Chen, Jeffrey B Blumberg

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Trial report in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Diane L McKayAntioxidants Research Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA. diane.mckay@tufts.edu.
Misha EliasziwDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA. misha.eliasziw@tufts.edu.
C Y Oliver ChenAntioxidants Research Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA. oliver.chen@tufts.edu.
Jeffrey B BlumbergAntioxidants Research Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA. jeffrey.blumberg@tufts.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3871-8635
Tufts University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evidence from observational and intervention studies has shown a high intake of tree nuts is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), mortality from type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and all-cause mortality. However, there is limited data regarding their effects on indicators of cardiometabolic risk other than hypercholesterolemia, and little is known about the demonstrable health benefits of pecans (

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CaryaFunctional FoodInsulin ResistanceNutsAdiposityAgedBiomarkersBody Mass IndexBostonCardiovascular DiseasesCohort StudiesCross-Over StudiesElder Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaFemaleGlucose Metabolism DisordersHumansBiomarkersdiabetesglucoregulationheart diseaseHOMA-IRinsulinmetabolic syndromeobesitypecanpolyphenoltree nut

Identifiers

PMID29534487
PMCPMC5872757
OpenAlexW2793646205

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