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SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2021

Statins in Depression: An Evidence-Based Overview of Mechanisms and Clinical Studies.

Riccardo De Giorgi, Nicola Rizzo Pesci, Alice Quinton, Franco De Crescenzo, Philip J Cowen, Catherine J Harmer

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 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 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Riccardo De GiorgiDepartment of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Nicola Rizzo PesciDepartment of Neurosciences "Rita Levi Montalcini," San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Alice QuintonDepartment of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Franco De CrescenzoDepartment of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Philip J CowenDepartment of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Catherine J HarmerDepartment of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust · GBWarneford Hospital · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBUniversity of Turin · IT

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/S003037/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

antidepressantdepressionHMG 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutarylmechanismreviewstatin

Identifiers

PMID34385939
PMCPMC8353114
OpenAlexW3177361287

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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