Paes 2015.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database PubMed and Scielo from 2012 to January 2015 Person completing the search not reported Searched by all authors and title Matching criteria not reported
Data	Included 701 abstracts presented at the 2011 Congresso Brasileiro de Patologia and Congreso de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Patología Included all abstracts
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published North American versus European versus South American origin Brazilian versus other South American versus Mexican versus Spanish versus US versus origin not specified Subspecialty
Outcomes	63 of 701 abstracts published Proportion of abstracts published by time not reported Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included 2/8 abstracts originating from North America versus 0/3 abstracts originating from Europe versus 61/684 abstracts originating from Brazil and other Latin American countries published 58/635 abstracts originating from Brazil versus 3/49 abstracts originating from other Latin American countries versus 2/6 abstracts originating from Mexico versus 0/3 abstracts originating from Spain versus 0/2 abstracts originating from the USA versus 0/6 abstracts with origin not specified published
Notes	Pathology Funding not reported
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts.
Search for publications?	Yes	Searched 2 databases.
Follow‐up time?	Yes	All abstracts had 48 months follow‐up.
Matching?	Unclear	Matching criteria not reported.
Adjustment for confounding?	Yes	Examined association of country of origin, Brazilian origin, and subspecialty with publication using stratified analysis.