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ArticleDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2020

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Yousry Esam-Eldin Abo-Amer, Aisha Sabal, Rehab Ahmed, Nabil Fathy Esmael Hasan, Rasha Refaie, Sahar Mohamed Mostafa, Ahmed Abdelhaleem Mohamed, Mahmoud Khalil, Waleed Elagawy, Sherief Abd-Elsalam

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Article in Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Relationship ofCanadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2023
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  2. Helicobacter pylori Infection and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2022
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  10. Analysis between Helicobacter pylori infection and hepatobiliary diseases.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  12. Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  14. The Role ofJournal of clinical medicine · 2024
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  15. Change in Diagnosis ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  16. Does Portal Hypertension Increase the Risk ofJournal of clinical medicine · 2024
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  17. A review for non-antibiotic treatment ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2024
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  18. Impact ofFrontiers in gastroenterology (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024
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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 6 institutions in 1 country.

Yousry Esam-Eldin Abo-AmerHepatology, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases Department, Mahala Hepatology Teaching Hospital, Gharbia, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-6136-8840
Aisha SabalHepatology, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases Departments, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Rehab AhmedHepatology, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases Departments, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Nabil Fathy Esmael HasanClinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Rasha RefaieInternal Medicine Department, Helwan University, Helwan, Egypt.
Sahar Mohamed MostafaHepatology, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases Departments, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Ahmed Abdelhaleem MohamedHepatology, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases Departments, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Mahmoud KhalilHepatology, Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases Departments, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Waleed ElagawyDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Portsaid University, Portsaid, Egypt.
Sherief Abd-ElsalamTropical Medicine Department, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-4366-2218
National Water Research Center · EGAl-Azhar University · EGHelwan University · EGPort Said University · EGResearch Institute of Ophthalmology · EGTanta University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a very common disease that affects 25-30% of the population in western countries. Many studies have observed the importance of PATIENTS AND

methodsThis cross-sectional study included all the attending outpatient clinics at four Major University hospitals and two research and clinical institutes in a developing country in the period between June and October 2019. Patients were assessed for the diagnosis of

resultsThe study was conducted on 646 patients;

conclusion

Indexed as

fibroscanfibrosisHelicobacter pyloriNAFLDprevalencesteatosis

Identifiers

PMID32184641
PMCPMC7060033
OpenAlexW3010046273

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