Table 4.
Industry ties (disclosed and not disclosed) by opinion on the use of systematic reviews for policymaking
| Industry ties |
Supportive articles |
Critical articles |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(
n
= 34) |
(
n
= 25) |
|||
| % | n | % | n | |
| Industry ties disclosed in the article |
6 |
2 |
40 |
10 |
| Articles with industry ties not disclosed in the paper, but found on a 3-year retrospective search of previously disclosed industry ties in other articles |
29 |
10 |
40 |
10 |
| Total articles with industry ties (disclosed in the paper and those found on a 3-year retrospective search) | 35 | 12 | 80 | 20 |