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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Sarcopenia among the Elderly Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Di-Ya Tu, Fa-Min Kao, Shih-Tzer Tsai, Tao-Hsin Tung

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Di-Ya TuDepartment of Nutrition Therapy, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
Fa-Min KaoDepartment of Nutrition Therapy, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
Shih-Tzer TsaiDepartment of Nutrition Therapy, Cheng-Hsin General Hospital, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
Tao-Hsin TungEvidence-Based Medicine Center, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai 317000, China.
Cheng Hsin General Hospital · TWWenzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

elderly populationmeta-analysisprotein supplementsarcopenia

Identifiers

PMID34072617
PMCPMC8228648
OpenAlexW3164765885

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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