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Trial reportScientific reports2024

The effect of soy isoflavones on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and the level of fibroblast growth factor-21 and fetuin A.

Asal Neshatbini Tehrani, Behzad Hatami, Bizhan Helli, Zahra Yari, Ghazal Daftari, Amin Salehpour, Mehdi Hedayati, Elmira Khalili, Seyed Ahmad Hosseini, Azita Hekmatdoost

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 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

10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Asal Neshatbini TehraniStudent Research Committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Behzad HatamiGastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Bizhan HelliDepartment of Nutrition, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Zahra YariDepartment of Nutrition Research, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute and Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ghazal DaftariSchool of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Amin SalehpourSchool of Public Health, Occupational Health Research Center, Iran Universityof Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehdi HedayatiCellular and Molecular Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Elmira KhaliliGastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Ahmad HosseiniDepartment of Nutrition, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Azita HekmatdoostClinical Nutrition and Dietetics Department, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, No 7, West Arghavan St., Farahzadi Blvd., P. O. Box: 19395-4741, Tehran, 1981619573, Iran. a_hekmat2000@yahoo.com.
Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences · IRNational Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRResearch Institute for Endocrine Sciences · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran, Islamic Republic Of NRC-0101National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran, Islamic Republic Of 29827
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A two-arm randomized open labeled controlled clinical trial was conducted on 50 patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Subjects were randomized to either receive two tablets of soy isoflavone (100 mg/day) or placebo. At week 12, the serum levels of alanine amino transferase (ALT), aspartate amino transferase (AST) and controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) score were significantly decreased only in the soy isoflavone group (P < 0.05). A significant decline in the gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) level was observed only in the placebo group (P = 0.017). A significant increase in the serum level of fetuin A was shown in both groups at the end of the trial with a significantly greater increment in the soy isoflavone group compared to the placebo group (P < 0.05). The changes in the serum level of FGF-21 were not significant in any of the two groups. Steatosis grade significantly improved only in the soy isoflavone group (P = 0.045). There was no significant change in the fibrosis grade in the groups. Soy isoflavone intake led to a decrease in ALT, AST, CAP score, steatosis grade and an increase in the level of fetuin A. However, no significant changes were observed in the fibrosis grade and serum levels of GGT and FGF-21.

Indexed as

IsoflavonesNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver Diseasealpha-2-HS-GlycoproteinFibroblast Growth FactorsFibrosisHumansLiveralpha-2-HS-Glycoproteinfibroblast growth factor 21Fibroblast Growth FactorsIsoflavones

Identifiers

PMID38429385
PMCPMC10907727
OpenAlexW4392360699

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