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SynthesisClinical and experimental medicine2023

Subclinical atherosclerosis in Behcet's disease and its inverse relation to azathioprine use: an updated meta-analysis.

Mira Merashli, Tommaso Bucci, Alessia Arcaro, Fabrizio Gentile, Paul R J Ames

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Synthesis in Clinical and experimental medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mira MerashliDepartment of Rheumatology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Tommaso BucciDepartment of General Surgery, Surgical Specialties and Organ Transplantation "Paride Stefanini", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Alessia ArcaroDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences 'V. Tiberio', University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
Fabrizio GentileDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences 'V. Tiberio', University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
Paul R J AmesImmune Response and Vascular Disease Unit, CEDOC, Nova University Lisbon, Rua Camara Pestana, Lisbon, Portugal. paxmes@aol.com.
University of Molise · ITAmerican University of Beirut · LBSapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To evaluate the intima media thickness of carotid arteries (IMT) and its clinical, laboratory and treatment correlates in Behcet's disease (BD). Systematic search of EMBASE and PubMed databases from January 2016 to October 2022; we employed random effect meta-analyses for continuous outcomes and Peto's odds ratio for rare events. The meta-analysis included 36 case control studies: the IMT was greater in BD (n = 1103) than in controls (n = 832) (p < 0.0001) with wide heterogeneity (I

Indexed as

AtherosclerosisBehcet SyndromePlaque, AtheroscleroticAzathioprineCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessHumansMaleRisk FactorsAzathioprineAtherosclerosisAzathioprineBehcet’s diseaseIntima media thickness

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PMID37169964
OpenAlexW4376129138

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