Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33413027›Full record

ArticleTechnology in cancer research & treatment

Apolipoprotein A1 and Low-Density Lipoprotein as Risk Factors for Intraocular Metastases in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer.

Biao Li, Yao Liu, Qing Yuan, Qi Lin, Wen-Qing Shi, Pei-Wen Zhu, You-Lan Min, Qian-Min Ge, Yi Shao

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Technology in cancer research & treatment. 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
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 51% 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, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Apolipoproteins: New players in cancers.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022
    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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Biao LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.
Yao LiuDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.
Qing YuanDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.
Qi LinDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.
Wen-Qing ShiDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.
Pei-Wen ZhuDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.
You-Lan MinDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.
Qian-Min GeDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.
Yi ShaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1571-2433
Nanchang University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe outcomes of patients with postmenopausal breast cancer(PBC) can be improved through the early detection of intraocular metastases(IOMs). In this study, we investigated patients with PBC, and compared those with IOMs with those with non-intraocular metastases(NIOMs) in terms of blood lipid levels, and then differentiated the risk factors associated with IOMs.

methodsStudent's t-test and a chi-square test were used to discriminate between the IOMs and NIOMs groups. After establishing a Poisson regression model to analyze risk factors, we plotted receiver operating characteristic curves(ROC) to assess the quality of risk factors predicting IOMs.

resultsThe incidence of IOMs in PBC was 1.16%. There was no significant difference in terms of histopathology between the 2 groups. The levels of total cholesterol (TC), apolipoprotein A1(APOA1) and low-density lipoprotein(LDL) in IOMs were significantly lower than in NIOMs groups. Poisson regression suggested that low levels of APOA1 and LDL were risk factors for IOMs (P = 0.002 and P < 0.001, respectively). ROC curve analysis demonstrated that the cut-off values of APOA1 and LDL were 1.025 g/L and 2.415 mmol/L. The highest prediction accuracy for IOMs involved the combination of APOA1 and LDL (AUC = 0.881, P < 0.001).

conclusionOur research demonstrates that low levels of APOA1 and LDL efficiently predict IOMs in PBC as risk factors, and the combination of APOA1 and LDL was more predictive than single factors.

Indexed as

AgedApolipoprotein A-IBiomarkersBiopsyBreast NeoplasmsEye NeoplasmsFemaleFluorescein AngiographyHumansLipoproteins, LDLMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPostmenopausePrognosisRisk FactorsROC CurveAPOA1 protein, humanApolipoprotein A-IBiomarkersLipoproteins, LDLapolipoprotein A1intraocular metastaseslow-density lipoproteinpostmenopausal breast cancerserum lipid biomarkers

Identifiers

PMID33413027
PMCPMC7797569
OpenAlexW3119120076

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
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.