Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38732161›Full record

ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

The Mediterranean Diet, Its Microbiome Connections, and Cardiovascular Health: A Narrative Review.

Vincenzo Abrignani, Andrea Salvo, Gaetano Pacinella, Antonino Tuttolomondo

Abstract readReview
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Pooled it
  6. Pooled it
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Review
  12. Review
  13. Review
  14. Review
  15. Review
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Review
  19. Review
  20. Review

4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Vincenzo AbrignaniInternal Medicine and Stroke Care Ward, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Andrea SalvoInternal Medicine and Stroke Care Ward, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Gaetano PacinellaInternal Medicine and Stroke Care Ward, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6135-3721
Antonino TuttolomondoInternal Medicine and Stroke Care Ward, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6440-7318

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Mediterranean diet (MD), rich in minimally processed plant foods and in monounsaturated fats but low in saturated fats, meat, and dairy products, represents one of the most studied diets for cardiovascular health. It has been shown, from both observational and randomized controlled trials, that MD reduces body weight, improves cardiovascular disease surrogates such as waist-to-hip ratios, lipids, and inflammation markers, and even prevents the development of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and other diseases. However, it is unclear whether it offers cardiovascular benefits from its individual components or as a whole. Furthermore, limitations in the methodology of studies and meta-analyses have raised some concerns over its potential cardiovascular benefits. MD is also associated with characteristic changes in the intestinal microbiota, mediated through its constituents. These include increased growth of species producing short-chain fatty acids, such as

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesDiet, MediterraneanGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansatherosclerosisbile acidscardiovascular diseasegut microbiotaMediterranean-type dietnutrientsshort-chain fatty acidtrimethylamine N-oxideWestern-type diet

Identifiers

PMID38732161
PMCPMC11084172

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.