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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2018

Gut Microbiome Associates With Lipid-Lowering Effect of Rosuvastatin

Yinhui Liu, Xiaobo Song, Huimin Zhou, Xue Zhou, Yunlong Xia, Xin Dong, Wei Zhong, Shaoying Tang, Lili Wang, Shu Wen and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
77citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

77 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 122 citations in OpenAlex.

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17 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yinhui LiuDepartment of Microecology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Xiaobo SongDepartment of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
Huimin ZhouDepartment of Microbiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Xue ZhouDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Jiaxing, Jiaxing, China.
Yunlong XiaDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Xin DongDepartment of Microecology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Wei ZhongDepartment of Microecology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Shaoying TangDepartment of Microecology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Lili WangDepartment of Microecology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Shu WenDepartment of Microecology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Jing XiaoDepartment of Oral Pathology, College of Stomatology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Li TangDepartment of Microecology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Dalian Medical University · CNFirst Hospital of Jiaxing · CNUiT The Arctic University of Norway · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

trial registrationChiCTR-ORC-17013212 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, November 2, 2017.

Indexed as

16S rRNA sequencinggut microbiomehyperlipidemiahypolipidemic effectrosuvastatin

Identifiers

PMID29623075
PMCPMC5874287
OpenAlexW2789284686

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