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Table 3 Completeness of reporting in manuscripts before and after completing a GoodReports checklist

	Applicable reporting checklist	Number of method items in checklist	Items reported before completing a reporting checklist	Items reported (or reported more fully) after completing a reporting checklist	Number of reporting items improved
1	PRISMA-P	15	12	12	0
2	PRISMA-P	15	12	14	2
3	PRISMA-P	15	13	13	0
4	SRQR	11	6	7	1
5	SPIRIT	25	18	18	0
6	SPIRIT	25	12	12	0
7	SPIRIT	25	14	20	6
8	SPIRIT	25	15	16	1
9	CONSORT	16	10	11	1
10	STROBE Cohort	14	4	4	0
11	STROBE Cohort	14	10	10	0
12	STROBE Cohort	14	10	10	0
13	STROBE Cross-sectional	13	10	10	0
14	STROBE Cross-sectional	13	5	5	0
15	STROBE Cross-sectional	13	6	6	0
16	TRIPOD	18	11	11	0
17	STARD	17	8	8	0
18	MOOSE	8	6	6	0
19	MOOSE	8	2	2	0
20	SQUIRE	8	0	0	0

CONSORT Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials, MOOSE Meta-analyses Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology, PRISMA-P Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses for Protocols, SRQR Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research, SPIRIT Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials, STARD Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy, STROBE STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology (sub-checklists for cohort, cross-sectional, and case-control studies), TRIPOD Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis Or Diagnosis

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