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. 2008 Oct 3;10(4):e29. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1012

Table 3.

Number and percentage of partial or full answers found to questions sent to only one of the two databases, by subject (N = 1125)

Subject PubMed UpToDate χ21* P
n/N (%) n/N (%)
Diagnosis 38/51 (75) 339/400 (85) 3.46 .06
Etiology 38/70 (54) 175/219 (80) 17.97 < .001
Prognosis 2/3 (67) 7/8 (88) 0.01 .94
Therapy 24/41 (59) 117/143 (82) 9.64 .002
Complications and side effects 22/31 (71) 37/45 (82) 1.34 .25
Other 28/46 (61) 54/68 (79) 4.67 .03

*Chi-square of difference between PubMed and UpToDate in partial and full answers found.

Mechanism, unclear, and overview/review combined.