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Trial reportGut microbes

The prebiotic effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation: A six-week randomised intervention trial.

Amrita Vijay, Stuart Astbury, Caroline Le Roy, Tim D Spector, Ana M Valdes

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Gut microbes. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
73citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

73 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 116 citations in OpenAlex.

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13 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Amrita VijayDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London , London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9595-5680
Stuart AstburyNottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham , Nottingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1919-3952
Caroline Le RoyDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London , London, UK.
Tim D SpectorDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London , London, UK.
Ana M ValdesDepartment of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London , London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1141-4471
King's College London · GBNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBUniversity of Nottingham · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/N01183X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prebiotics are compounds in food that benefit health

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsPrebioticsAgedBacteriaBody Mass IndexFatty AcidsFatty Acids, Omega-3FemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansInulinLipidsMaleMiddle AgedFatty AcidsFatty Acids, Omega-3InulinLipidsPrebioticsDietary interventionFibreGut microbiotaOmega 3Prebiotic

Identifiers

PMID33382352
PMCPMC7781624
OpenAlexW3115159251

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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.