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ArticleJournal of human hypertension2023

The effect of daily UVA phototherapy for 2 weeks on clinic and 24-h blood pressure in individuals with mild hypertension.

Richard B Weller, Iain M Macintyre, Vanessa Melville, Michael Farrugia, Martin Feelisch, David J Webb

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Article in Journal of human hypertension, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of ultraviolet light exposure on blood pressure: a systematic review.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Beneficial health effects of ultraviolet radiation: expert review and conference report.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2025
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  6. The effects of exposure to solar radiation on human health.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2023
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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 1 country.

Richard B WellerCentre for Inflammation Research and Edinburgh Skin Network, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. r.weller@ed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2550-9586
Iain M MacintyreDepartment of Nephrology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-3822
Vanessa MelvilleUniversity Clinical Research Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
Michael FarrugiaDepartment of Dermatology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Martin FeelischClinical & Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
David J WebbUniversity Clinical Research Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0755-1756
Western General Hospital · GBCentre for Inflammation Research · GBEdinburgh Royal Infirmary · GBUniversity of Southampton · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation PG/15/23/31362British Heart Foundation (BHF) PG/15/23/31362
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Latitude and season determine exposure to ultraviolet radiation and correlate with population blood pressure. Evidence for Vitamin D causing this relationship is inconsistent, and temperature changes are only partly responsible for BP variation. In healthy individuals, a single irradiation with 20 J/cm

Indexed as

Autonomic Nervous System DiseasesHypertensionBlood PressureBlood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryHumansPhototherapyUltraviolet Rays

Identifiers

PMID35931819
PMCPMC10328825
OpenAlexW4289860895

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Registered trials

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