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Table 3 Survey information and survey based publication rates

From: Publication bias in gastroenterological research – a retrospective cohort study based on abstracts submitted to a scientific meeting

 

CCT N (%)

OCR N (%)

BSS N (%)

total N

Publication-rate

total received

192

270

131

593

 

descriptive studies (excluded)

-

67

32

99

 

total in analysis

192

203

99

4941

66%

presentation at the meeting

     

   oral presentation

44 (24)

27 (14)

22 (22)

93

80%*

   poster

120 (65)

128 (66)

65 (66)

313

68%

   no presentation

20(11)

28 (20)

11(11)

69

44%

statistical significance of results

     

   positive

126 (66)

136(67)

79 (80)

341

72%*

   negative

51 (27)

15(7)

4(4)

70

61%

   equivocal

15(8)

52 (26)

16(16)

83

49%

age of principal investigator

     

   < 35 years

12(7)

30(17)

17(20)

49

61%

   35–50 years

100(61)

106(60)

43 (51)

249

66%

   > 50 years

53 (32)

42 (24)

25 (29)

120

72%

sex of principal investigator

     

   male

145 (93)

156(91)

77 (92)

378

68%

   female

11(7)

15(9)

7(8)

33

61%

number of previous publications

     

   up to 10

34(19)

56(31)

33 (33)

154

59%*

   >10

149(81)

126 (69)

67 (67)

128

70%

funding2

     

   by industry

106(55)

38(19)

10(10)

154

66%

   by government

25(13)

44 (22)

59 (60)

128

73%

  1. *p < 0.05 for differences in publication rates between categories. 1: Totals 494 due to missing values.: 2categories are not mutually exclusive