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. 2009 Mar 25;9:88. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-88

Table 1.

Article distribution for all diseases (see Figure 1 for explanation)

Diseases A B B
(i)
B
(ii)
B
(iii)
B
(iv)
B
(v)
B
(vi)
B
(vii)
C D D
(i)
D
(ii)
D
(iii)
E F F
(i)
F
(ii)
G
Type II Diabetes 8142 8075 6687 18 1216 20 28 18 88 67 37 17 6 14 30 21 19 2 9

Colorectal cancer 445 413 5 22 261 8 42 57 18 32 6 2 2 2 26 14 14 0 12

Kidney cancer 2661 2606 55 12 2010 51 50 127 301 55 43 16 18 9 12 7 7 0 5

Prostate cancer 491 462 28 1 258 0 37 52 86 29 14 5 9 0 15 7 6 1 8

Breast cancer 2755 2682 145 18 1793 19 110 195 402 73 43 6 34 3 30 16 13 3 14

Ovarian cancer 241 228 23 1 143 0 10 13 38 13 4 1 3 0 9 0 0 0 9

Endometrial cancer 1249 1192 103 17 729 8 30 105 200 57 41 27 3 11 16 6 5 1 10

Pancreatic cancer 155 131 5 0 81 0 14 7 24 24 15 5 10 0 9 3 2 1 6

Esophageal cancer 230 222 23 0 103 2 13 34 47 8 6 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 1

Hypertension 2882 2773 59 55 2256 53 78 81 191 109 88 23 53 12 21 17 17 0 4

CAD 3041 2966 96 17 2202 42 66 82 461 75 50 10 27 13 25 14 11 3 11

CHF 625 586 10 5 418 6 1 41 105 39 25 0 14 11 14 10 9 1 4

PE 527 497 48 13 321 1 0 24 90 30 11 3 3 5 19 18 18 0 1

Stroke 2783 2755 172 29 1747 17 24 234 532 28 17 6 5 6 11 4 4 0 7

Asthma 1408 1359 89 13 598 47 47 84 481 49 36 2 25 9 13 9 9 0 4

GD 319 305 29 9 175 0 7 32 53 14 5 0 2 3 9 5 5 0 4

OA 853 824 43 10 390 51 38 123 169 29 14 5 2 7 15 12 12 0 3

CBP 324 306 30 20 143 39 11 24 39 18 6 0 4 2 12 11 11 0 1

CAD: Coronary Artery Disease; CHF: Congestive Heart Failure; PE: Pulmonary Embolism; GD: Gallbladder Disease; OA: Osteoarthritis; CBP: Chronic Back Pain