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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Long-Acting Metformin Vs. Metformin Immediate Release in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review.

Jixue Tan, Yang Wang, Song Liu, Qingyang Shi, Xu Zhou, Yiling Zhou, Xiaoling Yang, Pingshan Chen, Sheyu Li

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jixue TanThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Yang WangDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Song LiuDepartment of Science and Technology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Qingyang ShiDepartment of Guideline and Rapid Recommendation, Cochrane China Center, MAGIC China Center, Chinese Evidence-Based Medicine Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xu ZhouEvidence-Based Medicine Research Center, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China.
Yiling ZhouDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xiaoling YangDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Pingshan ChenDepartment of Science and Technology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Sheyu LiDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Nanchang University · CNWest China Hospital of Sichuan University · CNSichuan University · CNJiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

meta-analysismetformin extended-releasemetformin immediate-releaseonce-daily consumptionpatient valuesystematic reviewtreatment compliance

Identifiers

PMID34079464
PMCPMC8165304
OpenAlexW3161100848

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