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ArticleMicroorganisms2020

Ching-Tang Shih, Yao-Tsung Yeh, Ching-Chiang Lin, Lin-Yu Yang, Chih-Po Chiang

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Article in Microorganisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ching-Tang ShihDepartment of Family Medicine, Fooyin University Hospital, Pingtung 92849, Taiwan.
Yao-Tsung YehDepartment of Education and Research, Fooyin University Hospital, Pingtung 92849, Taiwan.
Ching-Chiang LinDepartment of Education and Research, Fooyin University Hospital, Pingtung 92849, Taiwan.
Lin-Yu YangDepartment of Community Health Center, Fooyin University Hospital, Pingtung 92849, Taiwan.
Chih-Po ChiangDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Biotechnology, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung 83102, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-5399-3902
Fooyin University · TWKaohsiung Medical University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with refractory diabetes are defined as type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients; they cannot achieve optimal glycemic control and exhibit persistent elevations of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥8% while on appropriate therapy. Hyperglycemia can lead to severe microvascular/macrovascular complications. However, in contrast to T2D, few studies have focused specifically on the gut microbiota in refractory diabetes. To examine this issue, we recruited 79 subjects with T2D and refractory diabetes (RT2D), and all subjects received standard therapy with Metformin or other hypoglycemic agents with or without insulin for at least one year. The α-diversity displayed no significant difference, whereas the β-diversity showed a marginal significance (

Indexed as

Akkermansia muciniphilagut microbiotahemoglobin A1Crefractory diabetestype 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID32899513
PMCPMC7565276
OpenAlexW3083513938

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