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ArticleNutrients2023

Reply to Pluta, R. Comment on "Minich et al. Is Melatonin the "Next Vitamin D"?: A Review of Emerging Science, Clinical Uses, Safety, and Dietary Supplements.

Deanna M Minich, Melanie Henning, Catherine Darley, Mona Fahoum, Corey B Schuler, James Frame

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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.

Deanna M MinichDepartment of Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine, University of Western States, Portland, OR 97213, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1103-8982
Melanie HenningDepartment of Sports and Performance Psychology, University of the Rockies, Denver, CO 80202, USA.
Catherine DarleyCollege of Naturopathic Medicine, National University of Natural Medicine, Portland, OR 97201, USA.
Mona FahoumSchool of Naturopathic Medicine, Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA 98028, USA.
Corey B SchulerSchool of Nutrition, Sonoran University of Health Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85282, USA.
James FrameNatural Health International Pty., Ltd., Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We would like to thank Dr. Pluta for his thoughtful comments [...].

Indexed as

MelatoninVitamin DDietary SupplementsHumansNutrientsVitaminsMelatoninNutrientsVitamin DVitamins

Identifiers

PMID36986237
PMCPMC10053200

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