Retraction notice to “Low-to-moderate intensity aerobic exercise training modulates irritable bowel syndrome through antioxidative and inflammatory mechanisms in women Results of a randomized controlled trial”

[Cytokine 102 (2018) 18–25]

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Behzad Hajizadeh Maleki, Bakhtyar Tartibian, Frank C. Mooren, Leah Z. FitzGerald, Karsten Krüger, Mohammad Chehrazi, Abbas Malandish

Abstract

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. Concerns were raised about the data calculations in the following papers published earlier in CYTOKINE by Dr. Behzad H. Maleki and colleagues: Behzad Hajizadeh Maleki, Bakhtyar Tartibian, Frank C. Mooren, Leah Z. FitzGerald, Karsten Krüger, Mohammad Chehrazi, Abbas Malandish, Low-to-moderate intensity aerobic exercise training modulates irritable bowel syndrome through antioxidative and inflammatory mechanisms in women: Results of a randomized controlled trial, doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2017.12.016. Behzad Hajizadeh Maleki, Bakhtyar Tartibian, Moderate aerobic exercise training for improving reproductive function in infertile patients: A randomized controlled trial, doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2017.01.007. Behzad Hajizadeh Maleki, Bakhtyar Tartibian, Frank C. Mooren, Karsten Krüger, Leah Z. FitzGerald, Mohammad Chehrazi, A randomized controlled trial examining the effects of 16 weeks of moderate-to-intensive cycling and honey supplementation on lymphocyte oxidative DNA damage and cytokine changes in male road cyclists, doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2016.09.016. Several data points reported in these papers appeared nearly identical, and the p-values appeared as likely incorrect. The journal launched an investigation to verify the concerns. An expert statistician, who is familiar with human clinical trials, reanalyzed the reported data and raised serious concerns about the sample sizes, calculation of p-values, lack of confidence intervals, appropriateness of the methods used for statistical analyses, and randomization. The journal contacted the corresponding author, Dr. Maleki, about these issues. He acknowledged the concerns raised and agreed with the retraction of these papers.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Sportwissenschaft

Externe Organisation(en)

Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Allameh Tabataba'i University
Mount Saint Mary's University
Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR)
Urmia University

Typ

Artikel

Journal

CYTOKINE

Band

173

Anzahl der Seiten

ISSN

1043-4666

Publikationsdatum

01.2024

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Immunologie und Allergologie, Immunologie, Biochemie, Hämatologie, Molekularbiologie

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2023.156454 (Zugang: Geschlossen)

BibTeX

@article{5faeee259d754ec4bdc06ae8c626cbe2,
title = "Retraction notice to “Low-to-moderate intensity aerobic exercise training modulates irritable bowel syndrome through antioxidative and inflammatory mechanisms in women Results of a randomized controlled trial”: [Cytokine 102 (2018) 18–25]",
abstract = "This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. Concerns were raised about the data calculations in the following papers published earlier in CYTOKINE by Dr. Behzad H. Maleki and colleagues: Behzad Hajizadeh Maleki, Bakhtyar Tartibian, Frank C. Mooren, Leah Z. FitzGerald, Karsten Kr{\"u}ger, Mohammad Chehrazi, Abbas Malandish, Low-to-moderate intensity aerobic exercise training modulates irritable bowel syndrome through antioxidative and inflammatory mechanisms in women: Results of a randomized controlled trial, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2017.12.016. Behzad Hajizadeh Maleki, Bakhtyar Tartibian, Moderate aerobic exercise training for improving reproductive function in infertile patients: A randomized controlled trial, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2017.01.007. Behzad Hajizadeh Maleki, Bakhtyar Tartibian, Frank C. Mooren, Karsten Kr{\"u}ger, Leah Z. FitzGerald, Mohammad Chehrazi, A randomized controlled trial examining the effects of 16 weeks of moderate-to-intensive cycling and honey supplementation on lymphocyte oxidative DNA damage and cytokine changes in male road cyclists, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2016.09.016. Several data points reported in these papers appeared nearly identical, and the p-values appeared as likely incorrect. The journal launched an investigation to verify the concerns. An expert statistician, who is familiar with human clinical trials, reanalyzed the reported data and raised serious concerns about the sample sizes, calculation of p-values, lack of confidence intervals, appropriateness of the methods used for statistical analyses, and randomization. The journal contacted the corresponding author, Dr. Maleki, about these issues. He acknowledged the concerns raised and agreed with the retraction of these papers.",
author = "{Hajizadeh Maleki}, Behzad and Bakhtyar Tartibian and Mooren, {Frank C.} and FitzGerald, {Leah Z.} and Karsten Kr{\"u}ger and Mohammad Chehrazi and Abbas Malandish",
year = "2024",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.cyto.2023.156454",
language = "English",
volume = "173",
journal = "CYTOKINE",
issn = "1043-4666",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
}