Table 3.

Number of Methodologic Criteria Reported (N = 33)

	Abstracts
Number of Criteria*	Structured, N = 5n(%)	Non-Structured, N = 28n(%)	Total, N(%)(95% CI)	Full Article, N(%)(95% CI)
4 criteria	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
3 criteria	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	6 (18)
				(8.6% to 34%)
2 criteria	2 (40)	4 (14)	6 (18)	14 (42)
			(8.6% to 34%)	(27% to 59%)
1 criteria	3 (60)	11 (39)	14 (42)	9 (27)
			(27% to 59%)	(15% to 44%)
none	0 (0)	13 (46)	13 (39)	4 (12)
			(25% to 56%)	(4.8% to 27%)

^*Prospective evaluation of consecutive patients; test result did not influence decision to do gold standard, independent and blind comparison with gold standard, and broad spectrum of patients used. Maximum number of criteria = 4.