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. 2015 Nov 30;16:370. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0825-6

Table 1.

Mean sample size, effect size (ES), absolute effect size, and IF, by categories of funding and reported COIs

N (%) Sample size (SD) ES (mean) abES (mean) IF (mean)
COI
None reported 70 (71) 149.9 (247.0) 0.389 0.67 3.144
Reported none 22 (22) 126.5 (177.1) 0.291 0.78 3.458
Reported some 7 (7) 214.6 (125.1) 0.409 0.41 6.001
Funding
None reported 35 (35) 61.8 (31.5) 0.324 0.53 2.004
Reported none 11 (11) 87.8 (42.4) 0.499 1.43 ∗∗∗ 2.155
Reported some 53 (54) 219.9 (277.6) ∗∗∗ 0.371 0.62 4.102

P<0.05 (compared to none reported)

∗∗∗ P=0.001 (compared to none reported)