Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33330587›Full record

SynthesisFrontiers in nutrition2020

Health Effects of Alternate-Day Fasting in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Yuanshan Cui, Tong Cai, Zhongbao Zhou, Yingmei Mu, Youyi Lu, Zhenli Gao, Jitao Wu, Yong Zhang

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in nutrition, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Pooled it
  6. Trial
  7. Trial
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Review
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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yuanshan CuiDepartment of Urology, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Tong CaiDepartment of Urology, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Zhongbao ZhouDepartment of Urology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Yingmei MuDepartment of Allergy, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Youyi LuDepartment of Urology, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Zhenli GaoDepartment of Urology, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Jitao WuDepartment of Urology, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, China.
Yong ZhangDepartment of Urology, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Qingdao University · CNYuhuangding Hospital · CNBeijing Tian Tan Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

alternate day fastingbody weightcalorie restriction (CR)meta-analysisrandomized controlled trials (RCT)weight loss

Identifiers

PMID33330587
PMCPMC7732631
OpenAlexW3109837550

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.