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SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2022

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Lipid Signatures in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.

Veni Bharti, Aseem Bhardwaj, David A Elias, Arron W S Metcalfe, Jong Sung Kim

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Veni BhartiDepartment of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Aseem BhardwajHealth and Environments Research Centre (HERC) Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
David A EliasCanadian Health Solutions Inc., Saint John, NB, Canada.
Arron W S MetcalfeCanadian Health Solutions Inc., Saint John, NB, Canada.
Jong Sung KimDepartment of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Dalhousie University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Research assessing lipid levels in individuals diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has yielded mixed results. This study aimed to employ meta-analytic techniques to characterize the relationship between the levels of lipid profiles and PTSD. Methods: We performed meta-analyses of studies comparing profiles and levels of lipids between PTSD patients and healthy individuals by searching Embase, Ovid Medline, Scopus, PsycINFO, and Cochrane databases for the studies until March 2021. Meta-analyses were performed using random-effects models with the restricted maximum-likelihood estimator to synthesize the effect size assessed by standardized mean difference (SMD) across studies. Findings: A total of 8,657 abstracts were identified, and 17 studies were included. Levels of total cholesterol (TC) (SMD Interpretation: This work suggested dysregulation of lipids in PTSD that may serve as biomarker to predict the risk. The study will be useful for physicians considering lipid profiles in PTSD patients to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

Indexed as

fatty acidslipidsmajor depressive disorderpost-traumatic stress disorderpsychiatric disorders

Identifiers

PMID35599759
PMCPMC9120430
OpenAlexW4229012527

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