From: More insight into the fate of biomedical meeting abstracts: a systematic review
Meeting characteristic | Number of abstracts | Odds ratio* | 95% conf. interval |
---|---|---|---|
Year (median: 1990) | |||
1990 or before | 8828 | 1.00 | |
After 1990 | 6117 | 1.55 | 1.43–1.68 |
Country | |||
US | 12540 | 1.00 | |
Other§ | 2405 | 1.50 | 1.33–1.69 |
Size (median: 89 abstracts) | |||
Smaller than median | 2764 | 1.00 | |
Larger than median | 12181 | 1.35 | 1.22–1.49 |
Speciality † | |||
Surgery | 1594 | 1.00 | |
Paediatrics | 4634 | 1.19 | 1.02–1.39 |
Internal medicine | 4182 | 1.50 | 1.30–1.72 |