Table 2.

Publication activity of affiliated and private hernia centres

	Number of publications	Publications with hernia centre’s name
Affiliated
Mean	3.40 (±12.41)	0.61 (±2.51)
Maximum	72	15
Private
Mean	0.72 (±2.29)	0.58 (±2.13)
Maximum	11	11
Overall
Mean	1.95 (±8.51)	0.59 (±2.29)
Maximum	72	15

Figures in parenthesis are standard deviations

p = 0.284