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ReviewCureus2020

Pharmacological Primary Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus Type II: A Narrative Review.

Ali Naveed, Larabe Farrukh, Muhammad Khawar Sana, Bazigh Naveed, Fawad Ahmad Randhawa

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Review in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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.

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

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ali NaveedInternal Medicine, King Edward Medical University & Mayo Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
Larabe FarrukhInternal Medicine, King Edward Medical University & Mayo Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
Muhammad Khawar SanaInternal Medicine, King Edward Medical University & Mayo Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
Bazigh NaveedInternal Medicine, King Edward Medical University & Mayo Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
Fawad Ahmad RandhawaDiabetes and Endocrinology, King Edward Medical University & Mayo Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
King Edward Medical University · PKIndira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The evolving epidemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus has challenged health-care professionals. It stands among the leading causes of mortality in the present world. It warrants new and versatile approaches to improve mortality and the associated huge quality-adjusted life years lost to it once diagnosed. A possible venue to lower the incidence is to assess the safety and efficacy of various diabetes prevention strategies. Diet and exercise have a well-developed role in the prevention of weight gain and, ultimately, diabetes mellitus type II in high-risk individuals. However, high-risk individuals can also benefit from adjunct pharmacotherapy. In light of this information, we decided to conduct a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. This article summarizes the evidence in the literature on the pharmacological prevention of diabetes in high-risk individuals.

Indexed as

diabetes mellitus type iipharmacological preventionpre-diabetesprimary prevention

Identifiers

PMID32999773
PMCPMC7521466
OpenAlexW3080177690

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