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ArticleScientific reports2018

A community-based study on the association between Helicobacter pylori Infection and obesity.

Li-Wei Chen, Sheng-Fong Kuo, Chih-Hung Chen, Cheng-Hung Chien, Chih-Lang Lin, Rong-Nan Chien

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Li-Wei ChenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.
Sheng-Fong KuoCommunity Medicine Research Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.
Chih-Hung ChenDepartment of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.
Cheng-Hung ChienDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.
Chih-Lang LinDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan.
Rong-Nan ChienDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital and University at Keelung, Keelung, Taiwan. ronald@cgmh.org.tw.ORCID 0000-0001-7656-4695

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection can induce chronic inflammation and is associated with insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and body mass index (BMI, kg/m

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsBody Mass IndexConfounding Factors, EpidemiologicCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedObesityRisk Factors

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PMID30013128
PMCPMC6048143

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