Table 3.

Mean percentage compliance of studies with STARD according to geographical area of publication

Area of publication	Mean percentage compliance obstetrics (%) [number of studies]	Mean percentage compliance gynaecology (%) [number of studies]
Africa	66.7% [1]	No studies
Asia	49.3% [8]	41.1% [12]
Canada	56.3% [8]	No studies
Eastern europe	51.7% [16]	39/3% [5]
Japan	50% [7]	47.5% [4]
Latin America	No studies	45% [2]
Oceania	56.3% [8]	33.3% [1]
United States of America	49.7% [44]	38/7% [29]
Western Europe	49.1% [104]	42.4% [52]