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Observational studyNutrients2018

Comparison of a Bioelectrical Impedance Device against the Reference Method Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry and Anthropometry for the Evaluation of Body Composition in Adults.

Kaitlin Day, Alastair Kwok, Alison Evans, Fernanda Mata, Antonio Verdejo-Garcia, Kathryn Hart, Leigh C Ward, Helen Truby

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Observational study in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

8 authors.

Kaitlin DayDepartment of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, Monash University, Notting Hill, VIC 3168, Australia. kaitlin.day@monash.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3846-8568
Alastair KwokDepartment of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, Monash University, Notting Hill, VIC 3168, Australia. alastair.kwok@monash.edu.
Alison EvansDepartment of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, Monash University, Notting Hill, VIC 3168, Australia. Alison.evans@monash.edu.
Fernanda MataDepartment of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, Monash University, Notting Hill, VIC 3168, Australia. fernandagmata@gmail.com.
Antonio Verdejo-GarciaSchool of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia. Antonio.Verdejo@monash.edu.
Kathryn HartDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK. k.hart@surrey.ac.uk.
Leigh C WardSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. l.ward@uq.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-2378-279X
Helen TrubyDepartment of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, Monash University, Notting Hill, VIC 3168, Australia. helen.truby@monash.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1992-1649

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to compare the use of the bioelectrical impedance device (BIA) seca

Indexed as

Body CompositionElectric ImpedanceAbsorptiometry, PhotonAdolescentAdultAnthropometryBody Mass IndexFemaleHumansIntra-Abdominal FatMaleMiddle AgedObesityReproducibility of ResultsWaist CircumferenceWaist-Height Ratioanthropometrybioelectrical impedancebody compositiondual X-ray absorptiometryvalidation

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PMID30308974
PMCPMC6213252

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