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Trial reportNutrients2018

Efficacy of

Chian-Feng Huang, Wei-Chu Chie, I-Jen Wang

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A network meta-analysis ofFrontiers in pediatrics · 2025
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  15. [Research progress on the relationship between gut microbiota and childhood bronchial asthma].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2025
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  18. Research advance in correlation between childhood asthma and gut microbiota.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chian-Feng HuangInstitute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10055, Taiwan. davidbee416@gmail.com.
Wei-Chu ChieInstitute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10055, Taiwan. weichu@ntu.edu.tw.
I-Jen WangDepartment of Pediatrics, Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, No. 127, Su-Yuan Road, Hsin-Chuang Dist., Taipei 242, Taiwan. wij636@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-0091-258X
National Taiwan University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

Funding

National Science Council NSC 97-2314-B-192-001-MY2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Probiotics may have immunomodulatory effects. However, these effects in asthma remain unclear and warrant clinical trials. Here, we evaluated the effects of

Indexed as

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Identifiers

PMID30400588
PMCPMC6265750
OpenAlexW2899788471

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Registered trials

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