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SynthesisJournal of ovarian research2023

Dose inhibin B or anti-Müllerian hormone relate to precocious puberty in girls? result of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Mei Jiang, Ying Gao, Tiange Qu, Yuechen Ji, Yiwen Niu, Jiaxin Zhang, Ling Huang

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Synthesis in Journal of ovarian research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mei JiangBeijing Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Ying GaoDepartment of Acupuncture, Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Tiange QuDepartment of Dermatology, Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Yuechen JiSchool of traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, No.11 Beisanhuandong Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China.
Yiwen NiuSchool of traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, No.11 Beisanhuandong Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China.
Jiaxin ZhangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Dongzhimen Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Ling HuangSchool of traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, No.11 Beisanhuandong Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China. lhwang@bucm.edu.cn.
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNDongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China,China 81904240
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundsExisting studies have investigated the relationship between the levels of serum inhibin B (INHB), anti-müllerian hormone (AMH) and precocious puberty in girls, but the results are inconsistent.

objectiveThe aim of this meta-analysis was to assess whether the INHB and AMH levels changed in girls with precocious puberty relative to healthy controls.

methodsPubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science were searched through June 2022. We included observational clinical studies reporting the serum levels INHB and AMH in girls with precocious puberty. Conference articles and observational study abstracts were included if they contained enough information regarding study design and outcome data. Case series and reports were excluded. An overall standard mean difference (SMD) between precocious puberty and healthy controls was estimated using a DerSimonian-Laird random-effects model.

resultsA total of 11 studies featuring 552 girls with precocious puberty and 405 healthy girls were selected for analysis. The meta-analysis showed that the INHB level of precocious puberty [including central precocious puberty (CPP) and premature the larche (PT)] were significantly increased. While there was no significant association between precocious puberty [including CPP, PT, premature pubarche (PP) and premature adrenarche (PA)] and the level of serum AMH.

conclusionScientific evidence suggested that the INHB level, but not the AMH level, altered in girls with precocious puberty compared with healthy controls. Through our results we think that INHB level might be a marker for the auxiliary diagnosis of precocious puberty (especially CPP and PT). Therefore, it is important to evaluate and thoroughly investigate the clinical indicators (e.g., INHB) in order to ensure early diagnosis and medical intervention, and the risk of physical, psychological and social disorders in immature girls with precocious puberty is minimized.

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Puberty, PrecociousAnti-Mullerian HormoneFemaleFollicle Stimulating HormoneHumansInhibin-beta SubunitsInhibinsObservational Studies as TopicAnti-Mullerian HormoneFollicle Stimulating HormoneINHBB protein, humaninhibin BInhibin-beta SubunitsInhibinsanti-müllerian hormoneInhibin BPrecocious pubertyPremature adrenarchePremature pubarchePremature thelarche

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PMID37996919
PMCPMC10668349
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