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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2020

Xue Meng, Mingmin Wei, Dong Wang, Xiaohan Qu, Kun Zhang, Nan Zhang, Xinjian Li

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xue MengDepartment of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, China.
Mingmin WeiDepartment of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, China.
Dong WangDepartment of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, China.
Xiaohan QuDepartment of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, China.
Kun ZhangDepartment of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, China.
Nan ZhangDepartment of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, China.
Xinjian LiDepartment of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3698-1763
Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe objective was to observe the effects of

methodsA type 2 diabetic rat model was established with a high-fat diet in combination with low-dose streptozotocin (35 mg/kg).

resultsEight weeks after model establishment, kidney weight as a proportion of total weight (KW/TW) in the high-, medium-, and low-dose

conclusions

Indexed as

AnimalsAstragalus PlantBlood GlucoseCreatinineDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic NephropathiesDiet, High-FatDisease Models, AnimalKidneyMalePlant ExtractsPolysaccharidesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRetrospective StudiesSignal TransductionBlood GlucoseCreatininePlant ExtractsPolysaccharidesSmad Proteins, Receptor-RegulatedStreptozocinTransforming Growth Factor beta1Astragalus polysaccharidesdiabetic nephropathyfasting blood glucoserenal damageSmad3transforming growth factor-β

Identifiers

PMID32475187
PMCPMC7263164
OpenAlexW3031117425

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