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Trial reportFrontiers in endocrinology2020

Higher Muscle Mass Implies Increased Free-Thyroxine to Free-Triiodothyronine Ratio in Subjects With Overweight and Obesity.

Roberta Zupo, Fabio Castellana, Rodolfo Sardone, Luisa Lampignano, Silvia Paradiso, Vito Angelo Giagulli, Vincenzo Triggiani, Luigi Di Lorenzo, Gianluigi Giannelli, Giovanni De Pergola

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04327375 (Effect of Body Composition on Thyroid Hormone Levels Among Overweight and Obese Subjects), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT04327375 completednot on this map

Effect of Body Composition on Thyroid Hormone Levels Among Overweight and Obese Subjects

TypeobservationalSponsorAzienda Ospedaliera Specializzata in Gastroenterologia Saverio de BellisRan2019 to 2019Enrolled250ConditionsObesityArmsObservational
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 21 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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Roberta ZupoPopulation Health Unit - "Salus in Apulia Study", National Institute of Gastroenterology "Saverio de Bellis", Research Hospital, Bari, Italy.
Fabio CastellanaPopulation Health Unit - "Salus in Apulia Study", National Institute of Gastroenterology "Saverio de Bellis", Research Hospital, Bari, Italy.
Rodolfo SardonePopulation Health Unit - "Salus in Apulia Study", National Institute of Gastroenterology "Saverio de Bellis", Research Hospital, Bari, Italy.
Luisa LampignanoPopulation Health Unit - "Salus in Apulia Study", National Institute of Gastroenterology "Saverio de Bellis", Research Hospital, Bari, Italy.
Silvia ParadisoClinical Nutrition Unit, Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari, School of Medicine, Policlinico, Bari, Italy.
Vito Angelo GiagulliSection of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Endocrinology and Rare Disease, Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Vincenzo TriggianiSection of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Endocrinology and Rare Disease, Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Luigi Di LorenzoDipartimento di Medicina Interna e Medicina Pubblica, Sezione di Medicina del Lavoro "E.C. Vigliani", University of Bari, Policlinico, Bari, Italy.
Gianluigi GiannelliScientific Direction, National Institute of Gastroenterology "Saverio de Bellis", Research Hospital, Bari, Italy.
Giovanni De PergolaPopulation Health Unit - "Salus in Apulia Study", National Institute of Gastroenterology "Saverio de Bellis", Research Hospital, Bari, Italy.
Gastroenterology Hospital "Saverio de Bellis" · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid hormones control both metabolic pathways and body composition, whereas little knowledge is available about the possible influence of skeletal muscle mass (MM) on thyroid hormone metabolism and circulating levels. This was a cross-sectional study conducted at the Population Health Unit of the National Institute of Gastroenterology IRCCS "S. de Bellis" (Italy) and investigating the extent to which skeletal MM affects thyroid function in obesity. Two hundred twenty-seven consecutive healthy volunteers (155 women and 72 men) with overweight and obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT04327375.

Indexed as

Body Mass IndexAdultAnthropometryBiomarkersElectric ImpedanceFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMuscle, SkeletalMuscle StrengthObesityOverweightThyroxineTriiodothyronineBiomarkersThyroxineTriiodothyroninebody compositionItalyobesityskeletal muscle massthyroid hormone

Identifiers

PMID33117281
PMCPMC7553046
OpenAlexW3091398167

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