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ArticleSAGE open medicine2021

Supplementation of green coffee bean extract in healthy overweight subjects increases lean mass/fat mass ratio: A randomized, double-blind clinical study.

H V Sudeep, K Shyam Prasad

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Article in SAGE open medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 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

2 authors.

H V SudeepR&D Center for Excellence, Vidya Herbs Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1287-9617
K Shyam PrasadR&D Center for Excellence, Vidya Herbs Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveIn this study, we have demonstrated that supplementation of a complex of chlorogenic acid isomers (CGA-7

methodIn a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study, healthy overweight (body mass index ⩾ 25 to <30 kg/m

resultsSixty subjects completed the study. Mean body weight and body mass index were significantly reduced in CGA-7 group as compared to placebo (

conclusionTo conclude, this study provides scientific validation of the functionality of green coffee bean extract and recommends the safety of the supplementation in healthy individuals.

Indexed as

chlorogenic acidsdual-energy X-ray absorptiometrygreen coffee beanOverweightsafety

Identifiers

PMID33796302
PMCPMC7983441
OpenAlexW3139465580

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