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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2019

Exposing the Causal Effect of Body Mass Index on the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

Liang Cheng, He Zhuang, Hong Ju, Shuo Yang, Junwei Han, Renjie Tan, Yang Hu

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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38citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Liang ChengCollege of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
He ZhuangCollege of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Hong JuDepartment of Information Engineering, Heilongjiang Biological Science and Technology Career Academy, Harbin, China.
Shuo YangCollege of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Junwei HanCollege of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Renjie TanCollege of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Yang HuSchool of Life Sciences and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
Harbin Medical University · CNHarbin Institute of Technology · CNHeilongjiang Academy of Forestry · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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body mass indexcasual effectMendelian randomisationphenotypetype 2 diabetes mellitus

Identifiers

PMID30891058
PMCPMC6413727
OpenAlexW2911389042

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