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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2022

Type 2 Diabetes, PNPLA3 rs738409 Polymorphism, and the Risk of Liver Cirrhosis: Analysis of Taiwan Biobank.

Kuan-Chun Hsueh, Oswald Ndi Nfor, Shu-Yi Hsu, Shun-Fa Yang, Yung-Po Liaw

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. PNPLA3 I148M Interacts With Environmental Triggers to Cause Human Disease.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kuan-Chun HsuehDepartment of Surgery, Tungs' Taichung Metro Harbor Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Oswald Ndi NforDepartment of Public Health and Institute of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Shu-Yi HsuDepartment of Public Health and Institute of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Shun-Fa YangInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Yung-Po LiawDepartment of Public Health and Institute of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Chung Shan Medical University · TWChung Shan Medical University Hospital · TWTungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and liver cirrhosis remain significant public health threats in Taiwan. These conditions are reported to be associated with the rs738409 polymorphism of the

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chronic disease BUN (mg/dl) 0.996 0.954–1.040liverobservational studypolymorphismtype 2 diabetes

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PMID35330730
PMCPMC8940239
OpenAlexW4220791597

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