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Table 2.

Overstatement(s) in abstract conclusion

Primary outcome (supposed) in abstract conclusion	Primary outcome in full text
Not overstated
1. Superior	Significant: All significant primary outcomes
2. Limited	Mixed: significant and non-significant primary outcomes
3. Equal	Non-significant in non-inferiority design
Overstated
4. Superior	4.1 Mixed or Non-significant: Including non-significant primary outcomes
4. Superior	4.2 Ambiguous primary outcomes
5. Limited	5.1 Non-significant: all non-significant primary outcomes
5. Limited	5.2 Ambiguous primary outcomes
6. Equal	6.1 Non-significant in superiority design
6. Equal	6.2 Ambiguous primary outcomes

A study without declared primary outcomes in its full text will be included in the overstated group.