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ReviewNutrients2021

Does Folic Acid Protect Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease from Complications?

Alicja Ewa Ratajczak, Aleksandra Szymczak-Tomczak, Anna Maria Rychter, Agnieszka Zawada, Agnieszka Dobrowolska, Iwona Krela-Kaźmierczak

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Review in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.4field-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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Alicja Ewa RatajczakDepartment of Gastroenterology, Dietetics and Internal Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7731-6965
Aleksandra Szymczak-TomczakDepartment of Gastroenterology, Dietetics and Internal Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland.
Anna Maria RychterDepartment of Gastroenterology, Dietetics and Internal Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6586-3611
Agnieszka ZawadaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Dietetics and Internal Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6995-090X
Agnieszka DobrowolskaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Dietetics and Internal Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3647-5070
Iwona Krela-KaźmierczakDepartment of Gastroenterology, Dietetics and Internal Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5122-8003
Poznan University of Medical Sciences · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Folic acid, referred to as vitamin B9, is a water-soluble substance, which participates in the synthesis of nucleic acids, amino acids, and proteins. Similarly to B12 and B6, vitamin B9 is involved in the metabolism of homocysteine, which is associated with the

Indexed as

AnemiaDietary SupplementsFolic AcidFolic Acid DeficiencyGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansHyperhomocysteinemiaInflammatory Bowel DiseasesMethylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)Vitamin B 12Vitamin B 6Folic AcidMethylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)MTHFR protein, humanVitamin B 12Vitamin B 6folic acidhomocysteineinflammatory bowel diseasemicrobiota

Identifiers

PMID34836291
PMCPMC8618862
OpenAlexW3211930714

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