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Table 1 Characteristics of included meta-analyses.

From: Industry-supported meta-analyses compared with meta-analyses with non-profit or no support: Differences in methodological quality and conclusions

  

Search strategy incl.

Detailed description of

  
 

Ref #

Medline and CLIB

Unpublished studies

Allocation concealment

Blinding

Excluded patients

Excluded studies

Recommends the experimental drug without reservations

Quality score

Industry support

1

   

 

4

 

2

 

    

2

 

3

     

 

2

 

4

 

  

 

3

 

5

   

 

4

 

6

      

2

 

7

      

1

 

8

     

2

 

9

    

 

3

 

10

      

6

Non-profit or no support

11

      

2

 

12

 

  

 

3

 

13

   

3

 

14

  

 

6

 

15

 

    

3

 

16

   

 

4

 

17

  

 

7

 

18

  

   

5

 

19

   

6

 

20

   

 

3

 

21

 

 

7

 

22

 

7

 

23

 

7

 

24

 

 

6

 

25

 

 

7

 

26

 

7

 

27

 

6

 

28

   

 

6

Support not declared

29

   

  

5

 

30

       

3

 

31

       

2

 

32

 

 

5

 

33

 

   

 

3

 

34

    

 

3

 

35

     

 

2

 

36

       

1

 

37

      

3

 

38

 

  

3

 

39

     

2

  1. CLIB: The Cochrane Library