Genetic data do not provide evidence that lower sclerostin is associated with increased risk of atherosclerosis: comment on the article by Zheng et al.

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.

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.

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Role of Sclerostin in Cardiovascular System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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2. Extending the Therapeutic Potential: Romosozumab in Osteoporosis Management.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2024
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Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Funding

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.