SynthesisDrug design, development and therapy2019

Effect of pravastatin treatment on circulating adiponectin: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Xiangrong Shu, Liqun Chi

Open access · goldAbstract readMeta-AnalysisSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Drug design, development and therapy, 2019. The graph read 1 number from its abstract, feeding 1 cell of the map: it supports the treatment in 1. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

1number the graph read from it
1cell of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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.

← favours the comparatorfavours the treatment →
1.090 · no effect
Circulating adiponectinPravastatin treatment vs controlsfavours the treatment · ascvd, dyslipidemiafeeds one cell of the map
Δ 0.630.17 to 1.09
Pravastatin treatment was associated with a significant increased level of circulating adiponectin as compared with controls (weighted mean difference [WMD] =0.63 µg/mL; 95% CI, 0.17-1.09 µg/mL; CONCLUSION: Pravastatin treatment is associated with increased circulating adiponectin.

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2 · Its place on the map

Where it lands on the map

Rows are treatments, columns are outcomes. The coloured squares are the cells this paper feeds, coloured by the vote it casts there. Click one to jump to what this paper adds to it.

supports the treatmentfavours the comparatorno clear differenceread, but no usable result
3 · What it changes

What it adds to each cell

For every cell the paper feeds: the belief in the claim with and without this paper, and this paper's estimate drawn against every other readable study in the cell. The ringed dot is this paper.

Statins×inflammation & biomarkers

SupportsOpen on the map →What to test next →

7 readable studies in this cell: 2 favour the treatment, 4 find no difference, 1 favour the comparator.

Belief with this paper
0.48contested · 2 families support, 2 contradict · against placebo
Without itNot a counted family in this claim, so removing it changes nothing.
← favours the treatmentfavours the comparator →
0 · no effect
NCT002899002,340 enrolled · 2006
Δ -0.80-9.60 to 7.50
NCT00728988499 enrolled · 2008
Δ -29.5-216 to 157
NCT0219706520 enrolled · 2014
Δ 13.0

This paper's own estimate is on a different scale from the rest of the cell, so it is not drawn here.

4 · 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.

5 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
6 · The record

Corrections and comments

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

7 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiangrong ShuDepartment of Pharmacy, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin 300050, China.
Liqun ChiDepartment of Pharmacy, Haidian Maternal & Child Health Hospital of Beijing, Beijing 100080, China, paperwriter@yeah.net.
Hainan Maternal and Child Health Hospital · CNTianjin Huanhu Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

8 · The paper itself

Abstract

The marked sentences are the ones the graph read a number from.

objectivePravastatin has been suggested to increase circulating adiponectin in humans. However, results of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are inconsistent. We aimed to systematically evaluate the influence of pravastatin on circulating adiponectin in humans by performing a meta-analysis of RCTs. MATERIALS AND

methodsStudies were identified via systematic searching of PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane's Library databases. A random effect model was used to pool the results. Meta-regression and subgroup analyses were applied to explore the source of heterogeneity.

resultsEight RCTs with nine comparisons of 595 participants were included. Pravastatin treatment was associated with a significant increased level of circulating adiponectin as compared with controls (weighted mean difference [WMD] =0.63 µg/mL; 95% CI, 0.17-1.09 µg/mL;

conclusionPravastatin treatment is associated with increased circulating adiponectin. Gender difference may exist regarding the effect of pravastatin treatment on adiponectin.

Indexed as

AdiponectinCardiovascular DiseasesHumansPravastatinRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAdiponectinPravastatinadiponectinmeta-analysispravastatinrandomized controlled trials

Identifiers

PMID31190742
PMCPMC6521846
OpenAlexW2944452011

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.