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ArticleScientific reports2018

Helicobacter pylori infection is not related to increased carotid intima-media thickness in general population.

Yunfei Feng, Weibin Zhou, Luo Luo, Weiwei Xu

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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 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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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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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Role ofBiomedicines · 2024
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  4. Heliyon · 2023
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  5. Infection withFrontiers in pharmacology · 2023
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  7. Association ofFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yunfei FengDepartment of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, #79, Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China.
Weibin ZhouDepartment of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, #79, Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China. zhouweibin@zju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9680-5441
Luo LuoInformation Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, #79, Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China.
Weiwei XuDepartment of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, #79, Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, China.
Zhejiang University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim is to determine whether there is an independent association between Hp infection and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in a cross-section observational study. Among of 14588 routine health check-up participants, 13770 subjects underwent the

Indexed as

AtherosclerosisCarotid Artery DiseasesCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessCholesterol, HDLCholesterol, LDLCholesterol, VLDLC-Reactive ProteinCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsTriglyceridesCholesterol, HDLCholesterol, LDLCholesterol, VLDLC-Reactive ProteinTriglycerides

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PMID30242291
PMCPMC6154998
OpenAlexW2891947072

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