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ArticleBrain communications2023

Primary care blood tests show lipid profile changes in pre-symptomatic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Alexander G Thompson, Rachael Marsden, Kevin Talbot, Martin R Turner

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Article in Brain communications, 2023. 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
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Association between metabolic syndrome, its individual components and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  5. A Validated Model to Predict Severe Weight Loss in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2025
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexander G ThompsonNuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1063-3277
Rachael MarsdenNuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Kevin TalbotNuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5490-1697
Martin R TurnerNuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0267-3180
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/T006927/1Motor Neurone Disease Association TURNER/OCT18/989-797
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sources of evidence suggest that changes in metabolism may precede the onset of motor symptoms in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This study aimed to seek evidence for alterations in the levels of blood indices collected routinely in the primary care setting prior to the onset of motor symptoms in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Premorbid data, measured as part of routine health screening, for total cholesterol, high-density and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride, glycated haemoglobin A1c and creatinine were collected retrospectively from (i) a cohort of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients attending a specialist clinic (

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosisbiomarkercholesterolmotor neurone diseasepre-symptomatic

Identifiers

PMID37577380
PMCPMC10412752
OpenAlexW4385335516

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