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Trial reportNutrients2020

Trimethylamine-

Kathryn J Burton, Ralf Krüger, Valentin Scherz, Linda H Münger, Gianfranco Picone, Nathalie Vionnet, Claire Bertelli, Gilbert Greub, Francesco Capozzi, Guy Vergères

Open access · goldAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. Trimethylamine-Annals of medicine · 2025
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  9. Metabolic Profile of Senegalese Sole (Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  12. The Effect ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  14. TrimethylamineNutrients · 2022
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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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Kathryn J BurtonFederal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER, Agroscope, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland.
Ralf KrügerMax Rubner-Institut, Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1904-8621
Valentin ScherzInstitute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9746-5423
Linda H MüngerFederal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER, Agroscope, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland.
Gianfranco PiconeDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, I-47521 Cesena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7932-6692
Nathalie VionnetService of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Lausanne University Hospital, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Claire BertelliInstitute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Gilbert GreubInstitute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital and Lausanne University, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9529-3317
Francesco CapozziDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, I-47521 Cesena, Italy.
Guy VergèresFederal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER, Agroscope, CH-3003 Bern, Switzerland.
University of Lausanne · CHFederal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research · CHUniversity of Bologna · ITMax Rubner Institut · DE

Funding

Joint Programming Initiative A healthy diet for a healthy life 14/JP-HDHL/B3076Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 170280
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trimethylamine-

Indexed as

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Identifiers

PMID31963239
PMCPMC7019705
OpenAlexW3000063970

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.