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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2020

H C S Meier, F W Miller, G E Dinse, C R Weinberg, C C Cho, C G Parks

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

H C S MeierJoseph J. Zilber School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4400-0216
F W MillerClinical Research Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Durham, NC, USA.
G E DinseSocial & Scientific Systems, Durham, NC, USA.
C R WeinbergBiostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Durham, NC, USA.
C C ChoCenter for Aging and Translational Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
C G ParksEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Durham, NC, USA.
National Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee · USSocial and Scientific Systems (United States) · US

Funding

Environmental/genetic Risk Factors and Pathogenesis of Autoimmune DiseaseZIAES101074 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI RIDER, LISA · 2009 to 2025
$34.6M
Environmental Exposures And Risk For Cancer and Chronic Diseases In AdultsZIAES049028 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SANDLER, DALE P · 2009 to 2024
$1.6M
Applications of methods in collaborative scienceZIAES103086 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WEINBERG, CLARICE · 2012 to 2025
$986k
NIEHS NIH HHS HHSN273201600011C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infectious diseases, such as Helicobacter pylori, which produce systemic inflammation may be one key factor in the onset of autoimmunity. The association between H. pylori and antinuclear antibodies (ANA), a marker of autoimmunity, has been understudied. Data from the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to evaluate the cross-sectional association between H. pylori seroprevalence and ANA positivity in US adults aged ≥20 years. ANA was measured in a 1:80 dilution of sera by indirect immunofluorescence using HEp-2 cells (positive ⩾3). H. pylori immunoglobulin G enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were used to categorise individuals as seropositive or seronegative. H. pylori seropositivity and ANA positivity were common in the adult US population, with estimated prevalences of 33.3% and 9.9%, respectively. Both were associated with increasing age. H. pylori seropositivity was associated with higher odds of ANA (prevalence odds ratio = 1.89, 95% confidence interval = 1.08-3.33), adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, educational attainment and body mass index. H. pylori infection may be one key factor in the loss of self-tolerance, contributing to immune dysfunction.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, AntinuclearAntibodies, BacterialAutoimmune DiseasesCross-Sectional StudiesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansImmunoglobulin GMaleMiddle AgedNutrition SurveysAntibodies, AntinuclearAntibodies, BacterialImmunoglobulin GAntinuclear antibodiesautoimmunityepidemiologyH. pylori

Identifiers

PMID32019616
PMCPMC7019483
OpenAlexW3005283534

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