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Trial reportEthnicity & health2021

Similar weight loss and maintenance in African American and White women in the Improving Weight Loss (ImWeL) trial.

Amber W Kinsey, Marissa A Gowey, Fei Tan, Dali Zhou, Jamy Ard, Olivia Affuso, Gareth R Dutton

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Ethnicity & health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A systematic review of inequalities in the uptake of, adherence to, and effectiveness of behavioral weight management interventions in adults.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022
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  5. Adherence to Behavioral Weight Management: A Scoping Review of Definitions, Measurement, and Components.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Amber W KinseyNutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Marissa A GoweyNutrition Obesity Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Fei TanDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Dali ZhouDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Jamy ArdDepartment of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1643-6795
Olivia AffusoDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Gareth R DuttonDivision of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

Why is the prevalence of obesity so high in U.S. Southern States? Regional predictors of BMI and obesity treatment response.P30DK056336 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BARBARA A GOWER · 2000 to 2026
$31.9M
Zevalin Radioimmunotherapy Using a Modified TreatmentM01RR000032 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI RICH, ROBERT R. · 1985 to 2008
$23.6M
University of Alabama at Birmingham's Diabetes Research CenterP30DK079626 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BARBARA A GOWER · 2013 to 2026
$19.5M
UAB Obesity Training ProgramT32DK062710 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI James O Hill, Brooks C Wingo · 2004 to 2026
$5.5M
UAB K12 in Patient Centered Outcomes ResearchK12HS023009 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI SAAG, KENNETH G · 2014 to 2018
$4.0M
Improving Weight Loss Maintenance through Alternative Schedules of TreatmentK23DK081607 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DUTTON, GARETH R · 2010 to 2014
$849k
AHRQ HHS K12 HS023009NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000032NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK081607NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056336NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079626NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK062710
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Black or African AmericanWeight LossFemaleHumansObesityProgram Evaluationlifestyle interventionobesityRacial disparitiesweight lossweight loss maintenance

Identifiers

PMID29966428
PMCPMC6314901
OpenAlexW2810561372

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