Table 2.
Publication characteristics of temporal bone histopathology studies for all reviewed studies, studies reporting sex, studies with cohorts comprising of greater than or equal to 50% female participant representation, and studies reporting race.
| Total set | Studies reporting sex |
p-value | Studies with >=50% female participant representation |
p-value | Studies reporting race |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of publications | 303 | 164 | 55 | 12 | ||||
| Journal type | Otolaryngology | 265 (87.5%) | 138 (84.1%) | p=0.99 | 47 (85.5%) | p=0.91 | 12 (100%) | p=0.63 |
| Audiology | 18 (5.9%) | 11 (6.7%) | 3 (5.5%) | 0 | ||||
| Neurology/Neuroscience | 15 (4.9%) | 11 (6.7%) | 4 (7.3%) | 0 | ||||
| Other | 5 (1.7%) | 4 (2.4%) | 1 (1.8%) | 0 | ||||
| Evidence quality † | Case series (4) | 199 (65.7%) | 98 (59.8%) | p=0.20 | 35 (63.6%) | p=0.77 | 9 (75%) | p=0.50 |
| Case control (3) | 104 (34.3%) | 66 (40.2%) | 20 (36.4%) | 3 (25%) | ||||
| Funding | Government | 211 (54.2%) | 115 (54.2%) | p=0.99 | 44 (60.3%) | p=0.99 | 5 (33.3%) | p=0.07 |
| Nonprofit | 72 (18.5%) | 37 (17.5%) | 12 (16.4%) | 4 (26.7%) | ||||
| Private | 37 (9.5%) | 21 (9.9%) | 9 (12.3%) | 0 | ||||
| No funding/not listed | 69 (17.7%) | 39 (18.4%) | 8 (11.0%) | 6 (40%) | ||||
†
Per the modified criteria from the Oxford Centre for Evidence-based Medicine for ratings of individual studies