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Table 1 Analysis of articles according to article type

From: A literature review of non-financial conflicts of interest in healthcare research and publication

Article Type

Articles (percent of total)

Articles that say NFCOI is a COI (percent of article type)

Articles that say NFCOI is not a COI (percent of article type)

Editorial/Commentary

85 (41.26%)a

82 (96.47%)a

4 (4.71%)a

Full Length Analysis

53 (25.73%)

50 (94.34%)

3 (5.66%)

Quantitative analysis of journal policies

18 (8.74%)

17 (94.44%)

1 (5.56%)

Quantitative analysis of journal policy adherence

18 (8.74%)

18 (100%)

0 (0%)

Quantitative Analysis of policies and adherence

7 (3.40%)

7 (100%)

0 (0%)

Review Article

10 (4.85%

10 (100%)

0 (0%)

Letter

7 (3.40%)

7 (100%)

0 (0%)

Guideline

4 (1.94%)

4 (100%)

0 (0%)

Research support

2 (0.97%)

2 (100%)

0 (0%)

Special Statement

1 (0.49%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

Symposium

1 (0.49%)

1 (100%)

0 (0%)

  1. aThe sum of the numerators is one greater than the denominator because one article contained arguments both for and against