Corry 1990.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database Index to Dental Literature, MEDLINE from 1983 through 1988 Person completing the search not reported Search criteria not reported Matched abstract to full‐length publication by All authors Sample size Title Contents Results Conclusions
Data	Included 275 abstracts presented at the 1983 and 1984 American Association of Dental Research meetings Included a random sample of all 2789 abstracts
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting Cumulative proportion of abstracts published by meeting
Outcomes	63 of 275 abstracts published 27/125 abstracts presented at 1983 meeting, and 63/150 at the 1984 meeting published Proportion of abstracts published by time Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 60 months showed proportion published = 21.6% (27/125 abstracts) for 1983 American Association of Dental Research meeting Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 45 months showed proportion published = 24% (36/150 abstracts) for 1984 American Association of Dental Research meeting No factors other than meeting year related to proportion of abstracts published reported
Notes	Oral health ‐ dental research Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included a random sample of abstracts.
Search for publications?	Yes	Searched 2 databases.
Follow‐up time?	Yes	All meetings had at least 48 months follow‐up.
Matching?	Yes	Matched by 6 different criteria.
Adjustment for confounding?	No	Examined association of meeting year with publication using stratified analysis.