Table 1a. Information on conflicts of interest in S1 guidelines.
Guidelines: n = 234* | Proportion | Percentage |
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Individual conflict of interest statement available | 218/234 | 93% |
Evaluation of conflicts of interest available | 25/234 | 11% |
Conflicts of interest led to consequence | 1/234 | 0.4% |
Guidelines for which an individual conflict of interest statement is available, n = 218 | ||
Guidelines by authors with no conflicts of interest | 5/218 | 2% |
Guidelines by authors with nonfinancial conflicts of interest only | 27/218 | 12% |
Guidelines by authors with one or more financial conflict of interest | 186/218 | 85% |
*One guideline listed no authors and was excluded from these figures