Table 4.
Frequency of use of numerical results in conclusions across periods, languages and research areas.
| Criteria | Categories | Number of papers examined |
Frequency of use of numerical results in conclusions |
% (95%CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1995-1996 | 285 | 44 | 15 (10 to 19) |
| 2000-2001 | 278 | 48 | 15 (10 to 20) | |
| 2005-2006 | 306 | 45 | 12,1 (8 to 16) | |
| Language | Spanish | 396 | 85 | 21 (17 to 25) |
| English | 473 | 52 | 12 (9 to 15) | |
| Area | Clinical | 300 | 58 | 16 (12 to 21) |
| General Medicine | 278 | 39 | 13 (9 to 17) | |
| Public Health and Epidemiology | 291 | 40 | 12 (8 to 15) | |
CI: Confidence Interval