Table 3 Acceptance rates by region, statistical significance and formal quality
From: Determinants of abstract acceptance for the Digestive Diseases Week – a cross sectional study
CCT | OCR | BSS | |
|---|---|---|---|
Total number accepted (%)a | 227 (69.6) | 214(63.7) | 101 (58.0) |
Statistical significance | |||
negative | 58 (58.6) | 25(61.0) | 3 (42.9) |
positive | 108(77.1) | 108 (72.5) | 37 (56.9) |
equivocal | 61 (70.1) | 81 (55.5) | 61 (59.8) |
Country region | |||
US/Canada | 70 (79.5) | 97 (75.8) | 67 (70.5) |
NW-Europe/Australia | 90 (65.2) | 60(56.1) | 18(52.9) |
SE-Europe | 38(73.1) | 22 (50.0) | 4 (44.4) |
other | 29 (60.4) | 35(61.4) | 12(33.3) |
Quality score | |||
lowest tertile | 69(61.1) | 47(51.1) | 31 (57.4) |
median | 71 (67.0) | 77 (65.3) | 35 (62.5) |
highest tertile | 87(81.3) | 90(71.4) | 35 (54.7) |