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SynthesisPloS one2020

Effect of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in infant formula on long-term cognitive function in childhood: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Maximiliane L Verfuerden, Sarah Dib, John Jerrim, Mary Fewtrell, Ruth E Gilbert

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  11. Nutrition and Brain Development.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2022
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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.

Maximiliane L VerfuerdenUniversity College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2204-8251
Sarah DibUniversity College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom.
John JerrimUniversity College London Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom.
Mary FewtrellUniversity College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom.
Ruth E GilbertUniversity College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom.

Funding

Department of Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

study registrationPROSPERO registration numbers CRD42018105196 and CRD42018088868.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdolescent DevelopmentChildChild DevelopmentChild, PreschoolCognitionFatty Acids, UnsaturatedHumansInfantInfant FormulaRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicFatty Acids, Unsaturated

Identifiers

PMID33152012
PMCPMC7644261

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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.