Perez 2004.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database MEDLINE until September 2002 Person completing the search not reported Searched by all authors, keywords, and topic Matching criteria not reported Interviewed senior authors if publication not found via electronic database search
Data	Included 79 abstracts presented at the 1998 to 2000 Israel Society of Rheumatology meetings Included all abstracts
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published
Outcomes	63 of 79 abstracts published Proportion of abstracts published by time not reported No factors related to proportion of abstracts published reported
Notes	Rheumatology Funding not reported Information extracted from abstract
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts.
Search for publications?	Yes	Searched 1 database and contacted abstract authors directly.
Follow‐up time?	No	All meetings except the meeting in 1998 had less than 48 months follow‐up.
Matching?	Unclear	Matching criteria not reported.