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ArticleDiabetes care2021

Prior Glucose-Lowering Medication Use and 30-Day Outcomes Among 64,892 Veterans With Diabetes and COVID-19.

Pandora L Wander, Elliott Lowy, Lauren A Beste, Luis Tulloch-Palomino, Anna Korpak, Alexander C Peterson, Steven E Kahn, Edward J Boyko

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Article in Diabetes care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pandora L WanderVeterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA lwander@u.washington.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3671-1464
Elliott LowyVeterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA.
Lauren A BesteVeterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA.
Luis Tulloch-PalominoVeterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA.
Anna KorpakVeterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA.
Alexander C PetersonVeterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA.
Steven E KahnVeterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA.
Edward J BoykoVeterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA.
University of Washington · USVA Puget Sound Health Care System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo identify preinfection risk factors for adverse outcomes among veterans with diabetes and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. RESEARCH DESIGN AND

methodsWe identified all Veterans Health Administration patients with diabetes and one or more positive nasal swab(s) for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (1 March 2020-10 March 2021) (

resultsCompared with HbA

conclusionsAmong veterans with diabetes and COVID-19, higher HbA

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COVID-19Diabetes MellitusVeteransGlucoseHumansSARS-CoV-2Glucose

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PMID34615690
PMCPMC8669528
OpenAlexW3202360853

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