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SynthesisJournal of the American Heart Association2018

Relationship Between Glycated Hemoglobin and Stroke Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

John Peter Mitsios, Elif Ilhan Ekinci, Gregory Peter Mitsios, Leonid Churilov, Vincent Thijs

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
49citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

49 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 106 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John Peter MitsiosThe University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia mitsios.jp@gmail.com.
Elif Ilhan EkinciThe University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Gregory Peter MitsiosThe University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Leonid ChurilovThe University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Vincent ThijsThe University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Austin Health · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDiabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for ischemic stroke. Rising hemoglobin A METHODS AND

resultsWe conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational cohort and nested case-control cohort studies assessing the association between rising HbA

conclusionsA rising HbA

Indexed as

BiomarkersBlood GlucoseBrain IschemiaDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Glycated HemoglobinHumansRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsStrokeBiomarkersBlood GlucoseGlycated Hemoglobinhemoglobin A1c protein, humancerebrovascular disease/strokediabetes mellitushemoglobin A1cmeta‐analysisrisk

Identifiers

PMID29773578
PMCPMC6015363
OpenAlexW2804043220

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