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ReviewCureus2021

Association of Vitamin D Deficiency With Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Sunam Kafle, Anjan Kumar Basnet, Kumar Karki, Manusha Thapa Magar, Shumneva Shrestha, Randhir S Yadav

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Review in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sunam KafleInternal Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, NPL.
Anjan Kumar BasnetInternal Medicine, Health Foundation Nepal, Dang, NPL.
Kumar KarkiInternal Medicine, National Medical College, Birgunj, NPL.
Manusha Thapa MagarInternal Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, NPL.
Shumneva ShresthaDepartment of Pediatrics, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, NPL.
Randhir S YadavDepartment of Pediatrics, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, NPL.
Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital · NPTribhuvan University · NPCollege of Medical Sciences · NPTribhuvan University Teaching Hospital · NP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary tuberculosis, caused by

Indexed as

active pulmonary tuberculosistuberculosisvitamin dvitamin d deficiencyvitamin d serum level

Identifiers

PMID34660082
PMCPMC8504877
OpenAlexW3199393620

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Registered trials

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