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Trial reportBioMed research international2021

The Relationship between Serum Amyloid A Level and Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients with Vascular Dementia: Preliminary Findings.

Min Xu, Xiao-Ying He, Pan Huang

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Trial report in BioMed research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Min XuDepartment of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Deyang City, No. 340 Minjiang West Road, Deyang, Sichuan 618000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8187-7637
Xiao-Ying HeDepartment of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 25 Taiping Street, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2747-0227
Pan HuangDepartment of Neurology, People's Hospital of Deyang City, No. 173 TaiShan North Road, Deyang, Sichuan 618000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5927-0369
Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University · CNDeyang Stomatological Hospital · CNPeople's Hospital of Yangzhong · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study was aimed at investigating the relationship between serum amyloid A (SAA) levels and cognitive dysfunction in patients with vascular dementia (VAD).

methodsUsing cross-sectional research methods, 146 patients with VAD were selected as the VAD group and 70 normal people were selected as the NC group. Upon admission, the clinical and biochemical characteristics of the two groups of study subjects were collected, and the MMSE scale was used to assess cognitive function. A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect SAA levels.

resultsThere was no significant difference in clinical data and biochemical characteristics in the VAD group (

conclusionThe level of SAA in VAD patients is significantly increased, which can be used as a potential peripheral blood marker to predict cognitive impairment in VAD patients.

Indexed as

CognitionAdultAgedCognitive DysfunctionDementia, VascularFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsSerum Amyloid A ProteinSerum Amyloid A Protein

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PMID33644229
PMCPMC7902129
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