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SynthesisAdipocyte2023

The relationship between adipose tissue RAAS activity and the risk factors of prediabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Bongeka Cassandra Mkhize, Palesa Mosili, Phikelelani Sethu Ngubane, Andile Khathi

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Adipocyte, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bongeka Cassandra MkhizeDepartment of Human Physiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9032-8303
Palesa MosiliDepartment of Human Physiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, South Africa.
Phikelelani Sethu NgubaneDepartment of Human Physiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, South Africa.
Andile KhathiDepartment of Human Physiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, South Africa.
University of KwaZulu-Natal · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

methodsThis systematic review was developed in compliance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-2020) standards. This was accomplished by searching clinical MeSH categories in MEDLINE with full texts, EMBASE, Web of Science, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Academic Search Complete, ICTRP and ClinicalTrial.gov. Reviewers examined all the findings and selected the studies that satisfied the inclusion criteria. The Downs and Black Checklist was used to assess for bias, followed by a Review Manager v5. A Forrest plot was used for the meta-analysis and sensitivity analysis. The protocol for this review was registered with PROSPERO CRD42022320252.

resultsThe clinical studies (

conclusionThe current study highlights the relationship between increased BMI, RAAS and insulin resistance which is a predictor of prediabetes. The renin is slightly higher in the prediabetes group without any statistical significance, aldosterone is rather negatively associated with prediabetes which may be attributed to the use of anti-hypertensive treatment.

Indexed as

AldosteronePrediabetic StateAdipose TissueHumansReninRenin-Angiotensin SystemRisk FactorsAldosteroneReninadipositybody mass index (BMI)obesityprediabetesrenin angiotensin aldosterone system

Identifiers

PMID37606270
PMCPMC10472858
OpenAlexW4386046006

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