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Table 3 Methodological reporting in 2008 according to center and funding source

From: Methodological reporting of randomized controlled trials in major hepato-gastroenterology journals in 2008 and 1998: a comparative study

 

Sequence generation

Allocation concealment

Blinding

Sample size calculation

Incomplete outecome

Intention-to-treat analysis

Free of selective reporting

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Center

Single-center

20(64%)

14(45%)

13(42%)

21(68%)

17(55%)

17(55%)

21(68%)

   (n = 31)

       

Multi-center

61(80%)

48(63%)

49(64%)

62(82%)

35(46%)

57(75%)

36(47%)

   (n = 76)

       

P value

0.08

0.09

0.03

0.12

0.41

0.04

0.06

Funding source

   Industry

37(86%)

31(72%)

30(70%)

34(80%)

18(42%)

28(65%)

21(49%)

   (n = 43)

       

   Public

28(70%)

20(50%)

19(48%)

30(75%)

23(58%)

28(72%)

25(63%)

   (n = 40)

       

P value

0.07

0.04

0.04

0.66

0.16

0.64

0.21