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ReviewCureus2020

Anti-tuberculous Effects of Statin Therapy: A Review of Literature.

Faryal Tahir, Taha Bin Arif, Jawad Ahmed, Syed Raza Shah, Muhammad Khalid

Open access · diamondAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Interaction of Glycemic Control and Statin Use on Diabetes-Tuberculosis Treatment Outcome: A Nested Case-Control Study.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Faryal TahirInternal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Taha Bin ArifInternal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Jawad AhmedInternal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Syed Raza ShahInternal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Muhammad KhalidCardiology, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Joplin, USA.
Ascension Via Christi Hospital · USDow University of Health Sciences · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infection caused by

Indexed as

hmg-coa reductase inhibitorsmycobacterium tuberculosisstatinstbtuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID32337130
PMCPMC7182050
OpenAlexW3013891705

What OpenQuestion holds

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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.