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SynthesisFrontiers in medicine2021

Assessment of Prognostic Value of Aspartate Aminotransferase-to-Platelet Ratio Index in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Meta-Analysis of 28 Cohort Studies.

XinYue Zhang, Zhen Svn, MengSi Liv, MengNan Liu, YiHan Zhang, Qin Sun

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

XinYue ZhangAffiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Zhen SvnHengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
MengSi LivHengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
MengNan LiuDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Base, Hospital Affiliated to Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
YiHan ZhangMedical Record Room, Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Qin SunAffiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Southwest Medical University · CNUniversity of South China · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

APRIaspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio indexdisease-free survivalhepatocellular carcinomameta-analaysisnoninvasive biomarkeroverall survivalprognosis

Identifiers

PMID34901068
PMCPMC8661594
OpenAlexW3215850453

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Registered trials

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