Table 4.

Descriptive statistics for stakeholder groups among top 100 influencers at health care conferences.

Stakeholder and year		Mean (SD)	Median (range)
Patients
	2014	1.61 (3.23)	1 (0-39)
	2015	1.34 (2.89)	0 (0-28)
	2016	1.37 (3.70)	0 (0-51)
Physicians and researchers
	2014	20.41 (17.21)	16 (0-69)
	2015	18.75 (16.18)	13 (0-72)
	2016	20.18 (16.43)	15 (0-72)
Health care professionals
	2014	6.60 (11.24)	2 (0-68)
	2015	6.26 (9.98)	2 (0-65)
	2016	5.92 (9.57)	2 (0-61)
Journalists
	2014	1.28 (1.64)	1 (0-39)
	2015	1.01 (2.17)	0 (0-28)
	2016	0.97 (1.66)	0 (0-51)
Other health care individuals
	2014	17.19 (11.34)	15 (0-68)
	2015	15.76 (10.05)	13 (0-51)
	2016	15.17 (9.57)	13 (0-51)
Pharmaceutical organizations
	2014	1.06 (2.49)	0 (0-16)
	2015	1.10 (2.54)	0 (0-16)
	2016	1.21 (2.75)	0 (0-20)