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Table 5 Predictors of abstract acceptance (n = 831a, adjusted for year of submission)

From: Determinants of abstract acceptance for the Digestive Diseases Week – a cross sectional study

 

n

OR

95% CI

Research type

   

CCT

326

1

 

OCR

331

0.6

0.5–0.9

BSS

174

0.4

0.3–0.7

Statistical significance

   

positive

350

1

 

negative

147

0.5

0.3–0.8

equivocal

334

0.7

0.5–0.9

Abstract quality score

   

lowest or middle tertile

532

1

 

highest tertile

299

1.4

1.0–2.0

Country group

   

USA/Canada

305

1

 

N/W Europe, Australia

291

0.4

0.3–0.6

S/E Europe

102

0.4

0.2–0.6

other countries

143

0.3

0.2–0.5

  1. Model χ2 62.1 (df8), p < .0001; Hosmer and Lemeshow Test:c2 9.3 (df8), p = 0.2 aexcluded from the analysis: all descriptive studies (n = 169)