Loevy 1997.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database MEDLARS to December 1994 Search completed by investigator Search criteria not reported Matched abstract to full‐length publication by Title Results
Data	Included 189 abstracts presented at the 1989 and 1990 American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry meetings Included all abstracts by American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry members
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published, overall and by meeting Cumulative proportion of abstracts published Subspecialty
Outcomes	87 of 189 abstracts published 51/106 abstracts presented at the 1989 meeting, and 36/83 at the 1990 meeting published Proportion of abstracts published by time Cumulative proportion of abstracts published at 24 months showed proportion published = 26.5% (50/189 abstracts) Reported proportion of abstracts published by subspecialty
Notes	Oral health ‐ pediatric dentistry Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts that described specific subgroup, so low risk of bias.
Search for publications?	No	Searched only 1 database.
Follow‐up time?	Yes	All meetings had at least 48 months follow‐up.
Matching?	Yes	Matched by 2 different criteria.
Adjustment for confounding?	No	Examined association of meeting year by subspecialty with publication using stratified analysis.