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SynthesisThe Journal of international medical research2020

Feng Zhang, Meiming Yang, Ting Xiao, Yan Hua, Yu Chen, Shasha Xu, Chunping Ni

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Synthesis 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 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Feng ZhangSchool of Nursing, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Meiming YangDepartment of Thyroid, Breast and Vascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Ting XiaoSchool of Nursing, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Yan HuaSchool of Nursing, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Yu ChenSchool of Nursing, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Shasha XuSchool of Nursing, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Chunping NiSchool of Nursing, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1450-7027
Air Force Medical University · CNXijing Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the association between the solute carrier family 6 member 4 (

methodsThe relevant literature was retrieved from the PubMed® database and the data were extracted. STATA® version 12.0 software was used to calculate pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).

resultsEight case-control studies qualified for inclusion in the meta-analysis. These studies included 1215 cases and 936 control subjects. There was no significant association between the

conclusionThe findings of this meta-analysis suggest that the

Indexed as

Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionCase-Control StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansOdds RatioPolymorphism, GeneticPolymorphism, Single NucleotideSerotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsSerotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsSLC6A4 protein, human5-hydroxytryptamine transportermeta-analysispulmonary arterial hypertension

Identifiers

PMID32962488
PMCPMC7520923
OpenAlexW3088391100

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