Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34276441›Full record

SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2021

Association of Peripheral Blood Levels of Cytokines With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis.

Huaying Zhao, Hongqi Zhang, Shijie Liu, Wulin Luo, Yongfeng Jiang, Junwei Gao

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Synthesis in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Huaying ZhaoDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fuling Central Hospital of Chongqing City, Chongqing, China.
Hongqi ZhangDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Fuling Central Hospital of Chongqing City, Chongqing, China.
Shijie LiuThe 947th Hospital of Army, Kashi, China.
Wulin LuoDepartment of Medical Psychology and Neurology, The 947th Hospital of Army, Kashi, China.
Yongfeng JiangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The 947th Hospital of Army, Kashi, China.
Junwei GaoDepartment of Military Cognitive Psychology, School of Psychology, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Chinese People's Liberation Army · CNFuling Center Hospital of Chongqing · CNArmy Medical University · CNUnited States Army · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

associationautism spectrum disordercytokinesplasmaserum

Identifiers

PMID34276441
PMCPMC8283413
OpenAlexW3186610103

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