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Metabolic Syndrome and Abnormal Peri-Organ or Intra-Organ Fat (APIFat) Deposition in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: An Overview.

Niki Katsiki, Anca Pantea Stoian, Paschalis Steiropoulos, Nikolaos Papanas, Andra I Suceveanu, Dimitri P Mikhailidis

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Review in Metabolites, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Niki KatsikiFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetes Center, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, AHEPA University Hospital, 1st Stilponos Kyriakidi, 54621 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Anca Pantea StoianDiabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Department, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine, 8 Eroii Sanitari, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Paschalis SteiropoulosDepartment of Pneumonology, Democritus University of Thrace, 6ο km Alexandroupolis-Makris (Dragana), 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Nikolaos PapanasDiabetes Centre, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, 6ο km Alexandroupolis-Makris (Dragana), 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Andra I SuceveanuFaculty of Medicine, Ovidius University, 900470 Constanta, Romania.
Dimitri P MikhailidisDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Free Hospital campus, University College London Medical School, University College London (UCL), London NW3 2QG, UK.
Democritus University of Thrace · GRAHEPA University Hospital · GRCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROOvidius University · ROThe Royal Free Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common disorder with an increasing prevalence, characterised by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. Systemic inflammation is involved in the pathogenesis of COPD and can also predispose to metabolic disorders (e.g., metabolic syndrome (MetS) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)). Such comorbidities can negatively affect COPD outcomes, cardiovascular risk, and quality of life. Apart from NAFLD, abnormal peri-organ or intra-organ fat (APIFat) could be considered as markers for cardiometabolic diseases and even for COPD. The present narrative review considers the associations of COPD with MetS, NAFLD, and other APIFat, including epicardial, perirenal, peripancreatic, and intramuscular adipose tissue. Further research is needed to define these relationships and identify any potential clinical implications.

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abnormal intra-organ fatabnormal peri-organ fatchronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseepicardial fatintramuscular fatmetabolic markersmetabolic syndromenon-alcoholic fatty liver diseasenon-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease

Identifiers

PMID33203192
PMCPMC7696438
OpenAlexW3101236384

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