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SynthesisDigestive diseases and sciences2021

High Body Mass Index and Central Adiposity Is Associated with Increased Risk of Acute Pancreatitis: A Meta-Analysis.

Dagfinn Aune, Yahya Mahamat-Saleh, Teresa Norat, Elio Riboli

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Synthesis in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Intra-Pancreatic Fat Deposition and Pancreatitis: Insights from the COSMOS Program.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025
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  12. Circulating monocytes in acute pancreatitis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022
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  15. Risk Factors of Recurrence of Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Research.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Dagfinn AuneDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, Paddington, London, W2 1PG, UK. d.aune@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4533-1722
Yahya Mahamat-SalehCESP, Fac. de médecine, Univ. Paris-Sud, Fac. de médecine, INSERM (French National Institute for Health and Medical Research), Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, 94805, Villejuif, France.
Teresa NoratDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, Paddington, London, W2 1PG, UK.
Elio RiboliDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, Paddington, London, W2 1PG, UK.
St Mary's Hospital · GBOslo University Hospital · NOUniversité Paris-Sud · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHigher body mass index and waist circumference have been associated with increased risk of pancreatitis in several prospective studies; however, the results have not been entirely consistent.

aimsWe conducted a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies on adiposity and risk of pancreatitis to clarify this association.

methodsPubMed and Embase databases were searched for studies on adiposity and pancreatitis up to January 27, 2020. Prospective studies reporting adjusted relative risk (RR) estimates and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between adiposity and risk of pancreatitis were included, and summary RRs (95% CIs) were calculated using a random effects model.

resultsTen prospective studies with 5129 cases and 1,693,657 participants were included. The summary RR (95% CI) of acute pancreatitis was 1.18 (95% CI: 1.03-1.35, I

conclusionsThis meta-analysis suggests that both increasing BMI and waist circumference are associated with a dose-response-related increase in the risk of acute pancreatitis.

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Body Mass IndexAdiposityCase-Control StudiesHumansObesity, AbdominalPancreatitisProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesWaist CircumferenceBody mass indexCentral adiposityMeta-analysisPancreatitisSystematic reviewWaist circumference

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PMID32556971
PMCPMC7990844
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