Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30654453›Full record

Trial reportNutrients2019

Effects of Lifestyle Intervention on Plasma Trimethylamine N-Oxide in Obese Adults.

Melissa L Erickson, Steven K Malin, Zeneng Wang, J Mark Brown, Stanley L Hazen, John P Kirwan

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of Weight Loss Interventions on Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolites Linked to Cardiometabolic Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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  7. Gut microbes · 2026
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  14. Trimethylamine-Annals of medicine · 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Melissa L EricksonIntegrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA. Melissa.Erickson@pbrc.edu.
Steven K MalinDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA. skm6n@virginia.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7360-6711
Zeneng WangDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. wangz2@ccf.org.
J Mark BrownDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. brownm5@ccf.org.
Stanley L HazenDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. hazen2@ccf.org.
John P KirwanIntegrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA. John.Kirwan@pbrc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7321-9917
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine · USPennington Biomedical Research Center · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

Tracking & Evaluation CoreU54GM104940 · NIGMS · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI Peter Todd Katzmarzyk · 2012 to 2026
$69.1M
Targeting 15-PGDH in Colon Cancer Prognosis, Prediction, Treatment and PreventionP50CA150964 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI MARKOWITZ, SANFORD D. · 2011 to 2022
$24.6M
Project Two - Exercise Training Decreases Alcohol Drinking by an FGF21-Dependent MechanismP50AA024333 · NIAAA · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI Thomas M McIntyre · 2016 to 2026
$19.6M
Gut Flora Metabolism of Dietary Phosphatidylcholine and CVDR01HL103866 · NHLBI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI HAZEN, STANLEY L · 2010 to 2023
$10.8M
Diet, Gut Microbiota, and Heart FailureR01HL126827 · NHLBI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI HAZEN, STANLEY L, TANG, WAI HONG WILSON · 2016 to 2019
$3.1M
Enzymatic Control of Trimethylamineoxide (TMAO)Induced AtherosclerosisR01HL122283 · NHLBI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI BROWN, JONATHAN MARK · 2014 to 2018
$2.0M
Microbial Trimethylamine Lyases and AtherosclerosisR01HL130819 · NHLBI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI WANG, ZENENG · 2016 to 2019
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA150964NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL103866NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL126827NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL130819NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104940NIH HHS 1UL1RR024989NIH HHS DK106000NIH HHS HL103866NIH HHS HL126827NIH HHS HL130819NIH HHS P50AA024333NIH HHS R01AG12834NIH HHS R01HL122283
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulating evidence linking trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk has prompted interest in developing therapeutic strategies to reduce its production. We compared two lifestyle intervention approaches: hypocaloric versus eucaloric diet, combined with exercise, on TMAO levels in relation to CVD risk factors. Sixteen obese adults (66.1 ± 4.4 years, BMI (body mass index): 35.9 ± 5.3 kg/m², fasting glucose: 106 ± 16 mg/dL, 2-h PPG (postprandial glucose): 168 ± 37 mg/dL) were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of exercise (5 days/week, 80⁻85% HR

Indexed as

Diet, ReducingExerciseLife StyleAdiposityAgedBlood GlucoseBody CompositionBody Mass IndexCaloric RestrictionFemaleGlucose Clamp TechniqueGlucose Tolerance TestHumansInsulin ResistanceMaleMethylaminesBlood GlucoseMethylaminestrimethyloxaminecaloric restrictioncardiovascular disease risk factorsexercisegut microbiomelifestyle interventionobesitytrimethylamine N-oxide

Identifiers

PMID30654453
PMCPMC6356515
OpenAlexW2909175447

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