Evidence mapPaperPMID 39959281Full record

ArticleWorld journal of diabetes2025

Islet β-cell function preservation by different anti-diabetic treatments in Chinese elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Wei Ling, Yan-Chao Wang, Yi Huang, Yang-Fu Ou, Yan-Chun Jiang

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in World journal of diabetes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
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

5 authors.

Wei LingDepartment of Science Laboratory, Nanxishan Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin 541002, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. lingwei19901016@163.com.
Yan-Chao WangCenter for Diabetic Systems Medicine, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Excellence, Guilin 541100, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Yi HuangFaculty of Basic Medicine, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541100, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Yang-Fu OuDepartment of Geriatrics, The Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541001, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
Yan-Chun JiangDepartment of Neurology, Nanxishan Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin 541002, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe preservation of islet β-cell function in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a top priority for diabetic control.

aimTo assess the preservation of islet β-cell function among elderly Chinese patients with T2DM after different anti-diabetic treatments.

methodsIn this longitudinal observational study, elderly patients with T2DM treated with insulin, oral antidiabetic drugs or a combination of both were enrolled to disclose their islet β-cell function between baseline and follow-up. Islet β-cell function was determined by the plasma Homeostasis Model for β-cell function (HOMA-β), C-peptide and area under the curve (AUC) based on oral glucose tolerance test. Changes in β-cell function (decrement or increment from baseline) between different therapy groups were the outcomes.

resultsIn total, 745 elderly patients (≥ 60 years) with T2DM [insulin monotherapy,

conclusionIn Chinese elderly patients with T2DM, islet β-cell function progressively declines regardless of insulin supplement or insulin plus OAD treatments.

Indexed as

Diabetic treatmentsElderlyType 2 diabetesβ-Cell function

Identifiers

PMID39959281
PMCPMC11718476

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
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.