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ArticleEuroasian journal of hepato-gastroenterology

Efficacy and Safety of

Nazish Butt, Muhammad Masood, Aamir Ali

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Article in Euroasian journal of hepato-gastroenterology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

The trial behind it

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Nazish ButtDepartment of Gastroenterology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan.
Muhammad MasoodDepartment of Gastroenterology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan.
Aamir AliDepartment of Gastroenterology, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan.
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aim: The primary objectives of this study include evaluating changes in lipid profile and liver enzyme levels in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients receiving Materials and methods: Two-hundred patients were recruited from the hepatology outpatient department of a public hospital between January and June 2023. Patients who had confirmed diagnosis of NAFLD, proven with ultrasound (US) followed by biopsy or US alone with age >18 years were included in this study. The study variables were fasting blood sugar, cholesterol levels, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), triglyceride, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and gamma-glutamyl transferase levels (GGT). All investigations were conducted and compared between baseline, 12 and 24 weeks following treatment. Results: The mean age of all participants was 40.49 ± 10.59 years with 34 males and 166 females. The mean cholesterol levels were reduced to 179.86 ± 35.63 mg/dL from the mean baseline of 197.57 ± 42.52 mg/dL ( Conclusion: The combination of Clinical significance: The combination of How to cite this article: Butt N, Masood M, Ali A. Efficacy and Safety of

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CholineFatty liverLipid profileLiver enzymesNonalcoholic liver diseasesPrunus mume

Identifiers

PMID38222945
PMCPMC10785137
OpenAlexW4390244459

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