Table 1.
Time to publication: association with dichotomized accuracy estimates
| Time from completion to publicationa | Time from completion to submissionb | Time from submission to publicationc | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studies n (%) |
Months Median (IQR) |
p-value | Studies n (%) |
Months Median (IQR) |
p-value | Studies n (%) |
Days Median (IQR) |
p-value | ||
| Overall | 471 (100 %) | 24 (16–35) | 330 (100 %) | 14 (7–25) | 520 (100 %) | 238 (177–329) | ||||
| Sensitivityd | ||||||||||
| <0.875 | 226 (48 %) | 25 (16–39) | 0.046 | 149 (45 %) | 16 (7–30) | 0.037 | 225 (43 %) | 240 (176–324) | 0.755 | |
| ≥0.875 | 239 (51 %) | 23 (15–32) | 179 (54 %) | 13 (7–22) | 293 (56 %) | 238 (183–335) | ||||
| Specificitye | ||||||||||
| <0.899 | 209 (44 %) | 27 (18–38) | 0.001 | 152 (46 %) | 17 (9–30) | 0.001 | 262 (50 %) | 238 (176–317) | 0.494 | |
| ≥0.899 | 250 (53 %) | 22 (15–31) | 173 (52 %) | 12 (6–22) | 252 (48 %) | 238 (180–332) | ||||
| Youden’s indexf | ||||||||||
| <0.684 | 225 (48 %) | 27 (18–39) | <0.001 | 157 (48 %) | 17 (10–30) | <0.001 | 245 (47 %) | 235 (176–321) | 0.251 | |
| ≥0.684 | 230 (49 %) | 22 (14–31) | 166 (50 %) | 11 (6–21) | 267 (51 %) | 244 (180–332) | ||||
Median times missing for: a285, b426, and c236 of 756 included studies
dSensitivity, eSpecificity, and fYouden’s index missing for 7, 14 and 18 of 756 included studies, respectively