Arap 2014.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database PubMed and LILACS; dates of search not reported Person completing the search not reported Searched by first and last author, and keywords Matching criteria not reported
Data	Included 195 abstracts presented at the 2001 to 2007 American Urological Association meetings Included all abstracts where at least 2/3 of author institutions were from Brazil
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting Median time to publication Cumulative proportion of abstracts published
Outcomes	100 of 195 abstracts published 7/14 abstracts presented at the 2001 meeting,16/31 at the 2002 meeting, 12/29 at the 2003 meeting, 23/41 at the 2004 meeting, 13/31 at the 2005 meeting, 9/17 at the 2006 meeting, and 15/32 at the 2007 meeting published Proportion of abstracts published by time Median time to publication = 18.8 months Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 126 months showed proportion published = 54.1% (105/195 abstracts) No factors other than meeting year related to proportion of abstracts published reported
Notes	Urology Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all Brazilian abstracts.
Search for publications?	Yes	Searched 2 databases.
Follow‐up time?	Unclear	Dates of search not reported.
Matching?	Unclear	Matching criteria not reported.
Adjustment for confounding?	No	Examined association of meeting year for association with publication using stratified analysis and Chi2 tests.