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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Meta-Prediction of MTHFR Gene Polymorphism and Air Pollution on the Risks of Congenital Heart Defects Worldwide: A Transgenerational Analysis.

Hsiao-Ling Yang, Ya-Ling Yang, Chong Ho Yu, S Pamela K Shiao

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hsiao-Ling YangSchool of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan. slyang@ntu.edu.tw.
Ya-Ling YangSchool of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan. ylyang@ntu.edu.tw.
Chong Ho YuDepartment of Psychology, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA 91702, USA. cyu@apu.edu.
S Pamela K ShiaoCollege of Nursing, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. pshiao@msn.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9714-8372
National Taiwan University · TWAugusta University · USAzusa Pacific University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in children, and is affected by genetic and environmental factors. To investigate the association of air pollution with

Indexed as

Gene-Environment InteractionPolymorphism, GeneticAir PollutionHeart Defects, CongenitalMethylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)Risk FactorsMethylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)MTHFR protein, humanair pollutioncongenitalheart defectmeta-predictive analysismethylenetetrahydrofolate reductasepolymorphism

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PMID30081597
PMCPMC6121605
OpenAlexW2887188343

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