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SynthesisFrontiers in endocrinology2021

Comprehensive Analysis of Adverse Events Associated With SGLT2is: A Meta-Analysis Involving Nine Large Randomized Trials.

Mei Qiu, Li-Min Zhao, Ze-Lin Zhan

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Synthesis in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mei QiuDepartment of General Medicine, Shenzhen Longhua District Central Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Li-Min ZhaoDepartment of General Medicine, Shenzhen Longhua District Central Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Ze-Lin ZhanClass 3, Clinical Medicine, Grade 2019, The Second Clinical Medical College, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Longgang Central Hospital · CNSouthern Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, Lin and colleagues assessed the safety of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) by a meta-analysis [1], in which the authors assessed 16 kinds of adverse events (AE) reported in the published articles based on 10 randomized controlled trials. We conducted a further meta-analysis and targeted the association between use of SGLT2is and occurrences of various kinds of serious AE published in the Clinical Trials website (clinicaltrials.gov). Our meta-analysis revealed that use of SGLT2is was not significantly associated with occurrences of 980 kinds of serious AE but was significantly associated with lower risks of 29 kinds of serious AE, especially including several important respiratory diseases (e.g., asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleep apnoea syndrome, and pneumonia). These findings may cause more studies to evaluate the possibilities of gliflozins being used for prevention of these specific diseases.

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Diabetes MellitusHumansHypoglycemic AgentsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk AssessmentSodium-Glucose Transporter 2 InhibitorsHypoglycemic AgentsSodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitorsasthmacardiovascular diseaseschronic obstructive pulmonary diseasepneumoniarenal diseasessafetySGLT2issleep apnoea syndrome

Identifiers

PMID34925229
PMCPMC8675241
OpenAlexW4200324433

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