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ReviewNutrition journal2023

The efficacy of vitamin D supplementation for irritable bowel syndrome: narrow scope and GRADE miss-interpretation.

Mohamed Abuelazm, Basel Abdelazeem

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Review in Nutrition journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohamed AbuelazmFaculty of Medicine, Tanta University, El Bahr St., Tanta, Gharbia Governorate, 31111, Egypt. Dr.mabuelazm@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-2514-0689
Basel AbdelazeemMcLaren Health Care, Flint, MI, USA.
McLaren Health Care · USTanta University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We read the article by Haung et al. that pooled the effects of vitamin D on irritable bowel syndrome symptoms and associated quality of life. However, the current review suffers from some methodological errors: inadequate search strategy; the grading of recommendations assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE) miss-assessment; and miss-interpretation. Accordingly, addressing the emphasized limitations will lead to more robust findings and conclusions.

Indexed as

Irritable Bowel SyndromeDietary SupplementsHumansQuality of LifeVitamin DVitaminsVitamin DVitaminsIBSIBS-QolIBS-SSSIrritable bowel syndromeVitamin D

Identifiers

PMID36658580
PMCPMC9854156
OpenAlexW4317494002

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