Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29914111›Full record

ReviewNutrients2018

The Role of

Julia K Bird, Philip C Calder, Manfred Eggersdorfer

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In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Julia K BirdDSM Nutritional Products, 4303 Kaiseraugst, Switzerland. julia.bird@dsm.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6015-3576
Philip C CalderHuman Development and Health Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK. pcc@soton.ac.uk.
Manfred EggersdorferDSM Nutritional Products, 4303 Kaiseraugst, Switzerland. manfred.eggersdorfer@dsm.com.
DSM (Switzerland) · CHUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decreases in global cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and morbidity in recent decades can be partly attributed to cholesterol reduction through statin use.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesDrug InteractionsFatty Acids, UnsaturatedHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsFatty Acids, UnsaturatedHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitorscardiovascular diseaseomega-3statins

Identifiers

PMID29914111
PMCPMC6024670
OpenAlexW2808250762

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Registered trials

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