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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018

The Effect of a Hydrolyzed Polysaccharide Dietary Supplement on Biomarkers in Adults with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

John E Lewis, Steven E Atlas, Oscar L Higuera, Andrea Fiallo, Ammar Rasul, Ashar Farooqi, Olga Kromo, Laura A Lantigua, Eduard Tiozzo, Judi M Woolger and 4 more

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John E LewisDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8490-7368
Steven E AtlasDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Oscar L HigueraDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Andrea FialloDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Ammar RasulDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Ashar FarooqiDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Olga KromoRheumatic Wellness Institute, LLC, South Miami, FL, USA.
Laura A LantiguaDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Eduard TiozzoDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3891-2243
Judi M WoolgerDepartment of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Sharon GoldbergGlow Health PA, Bay Harbor Islands, FL, USA.
Armando MendezDepartment of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1859-0822
Allan E RodriguezDepartment of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Janet KonefalDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
University of Miami · USBay Medical Center · US

Funding

Miami Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000460 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI SACCO, RALPH L. · 2012 to 2016
$16.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000460
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The primary objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of a hydrolyzed polysaccharide, Rice Bran Arabinoxylan Compound (RBAC), on biomarkers in adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). A 90-day randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial examined the effect of RBAC on complete blood count, liver enzymes, lipids, oxidative stress markers, cytokines, and growth factors. Twenty-three adults with NAFLD were enrolled and randomly assigned to one of the two study conditions (

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PMID29853945
PMCPMC5960521
OpenAlexW2799446522

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