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SynthesisNutrients2020

The Relationship between Prebiotic Supplementation and Anthropometric and Biochemical Parameters in Patients with NAFLD-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Ewa Stachowska, Piero Portincasa, Dominika Jamioł-Milc, Dominika Maciejewska-Markiewicz, Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka

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Synthesis in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
3.4field-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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ewa StachowskaDepartment of Human Nutrition and Metabolomics, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4009-1977
Piero PortincasaClinica Medica "A. Murri", Department of Biomedical Sciences & Human Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5359-1471
Dominika Jamioł-MilcDepartment of Human Nutrition and Metabolomics, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0203-1823
Dominika Maciejewska-MarkiewiczDepartment of Human Nutrition and Metabolomics, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2293-6489
Karolina Skonieczna-ŻydeckaDepartment of Human Nutrition and Metabolomics, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 71-460 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3430-9079
Pomeranian Medical University · PLUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aim to systematically review the efficacy of prebiotics in reducing anthropometric and biochemical parameters in individuals with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). A systematic search using PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, clinicaltrials.gov, Cinahl, and Web of Science of articles published up to 20 March 2020 was performed for randomized controlled trials enrolling >20 adult patients. Random-effect meta-analysis for metabolic outcomes in NAFLD patients was performed for anthropometric data in addition to liver enzyme, carbohydrate, and lipid parameters. We found six trials (comprising a total of 242 patients) with NAFLD, with subjects aged 38-52 years. The mean time of fiber administration varied between 10 and 12 weeks. The main fiber types were psyllium (seeds or powder),

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Dietary SupplementsAnthropometryBiomarkersHumansInsulin ResistanceLipid MetabolismLiverNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseasePrebioticsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicBiomarkersPrebioticsfibermeta-analysisNAFLDprebiotic

Identifiers

PMID33187278
PMCPMC7698299
OpenAlexW3098913980

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