What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Other. Population: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Intervention: Betatrophin.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To investigate circulating plasma levels of betatrophin in women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus, though the work has since been formally retracted.

May 6, 2015Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes

Elevated Plasma Levels of Betatrophin in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Q: What does this research mean for the field?

The article reporting elevated plasma levels of betatrophin in women with gestational diabetes mellitus was retracted due to serious scientific misconduct and an attempt at double publication. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Article retracted for serious scientific misconduct and attempted double publication.

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Other

Authors

HYH. YılmazQueen Elizabeth Hospital MÇMuzaffer ÇakmakGelişim Üniversitesi TDTahir DarçınAnkara Onkoloji Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

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Implication

Clinicians should disregard all findings from this retracted paper; researchers must verify sources to avoid citing misconduct-tainted work.

Key Points

To investigate circulating plasma levels of betatrophin in women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus, though the work has since been formally retracted.
The article was formally retracted by the journal editors and publisher due to documented scientific misconduct and an attempt at double publication.
Experimental methods and sample cohorts cannot be verified due to the complete retraction of the publication.
Reported associations between plasma betatrophin levels and gestational diabetes mellitus were declared invalid and retracted from the literature.
No valid clinical or numerical effect estimates are recognized owing to confirmed scientific misconduct.

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Population

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Exposure / Comparator

Betatrophin

This is a retraction notice due to scientific misconduct and double publication.

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Yılmaz et al. (2015) studied Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Betatrophin was evaluated. The article was retracted due to serious scientific misconduct and an attempt at double publication.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa4d7eb94607308b2142945 https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1549888

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Clinicians should disregard all findings from this retracted paper; researchers must verify sources to avoid citing misconduct-tainted work.

Elevated Plasma Levels of Betatrophin in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

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