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Trial reportNutrients2021

Omega-7 Mixed Fatty Acid Supplementation Fails to Reduce Serum Inflammatory Biomarkers: A Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Randomized Crossover Trial.

Masa Sasagawa, Miranda J Boclair, Paul S Amieux

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Nutrients, 2021. 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
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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, 3 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Masa SasagawaBastyr University Research Institute, Kenmore, WA 98028, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9047-1388
Miranda J BoclairDepartment of Naturopathic Medicine, Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA 98028, USA.
Paul S AmieuxBastyr University Research Institute, Kenmore, WA 98028, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5687-3471
Bastyr University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the effects of mixed omega-7 fatty acid supplementation on changes in serum hsCRP, TNFα, and IL-6 levels and self-reported outcomes in people with non-specific chronic musculoskeletal discomfort.

designA double-blind, placebo-controlled, 1:1 randomized single crossover trial composed of 688 mg/day palmiteolate for the verum and an equivalent amount of medium-chain triglycerides for the placebo.

methodData were analyzed in two independent groups and as a crossover group.

resultsFrom 211 screened participants in 2017-2019, 56 were randomized. Six participants dropped out and fifty completers contributed to the statistical analyses. At baseline, none of the investigated biomarkers were significantly correlated to subjectively assessed musculoskeletal discomfort levels. For the two-group analysis (

conclusionFor the crossover analysis (

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsInflammationAdultAgedBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinCross-Over StudiesDouble-Blind MethodFatty Acids, UnsaturatedFemaleHumansInterleukin-6MaleMiddle AgedPlacebosTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinFatty Acids, UnsaturatedIL6 protein, humanInterleukin-6PlacebosTumor Necrosis Factor-alphabiomarkersdietary supplementomega-7 fatty acidpalmitoleic acidplacebo effectRCT

Identifiers

PMID34444963
PMCPMC8398705
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