Todd 1997.

Methods	Identification of subsequent full‐length publications Searched electronic database MEDLINE 5 years after presentation Person completing the search not reported Search criteria not reported Matching criteria not reported
Data	Included 118 abstracts submitted to a "regional otolaryngology" meeting Included all abstracts
Comparisons	Proportion of abstracts published Accepted versus rejected for conference presentation
Outcomes	43 of 118 abstracts published Proportion of abstracts published by time not reported Factors related to proportion of abstracts published included 35/53 abstracts accepted for presentation versus 8/65 rejected abstracts published
Notes	Otolaryngology head and neck surgery Funding not reported Data extracted from abstract
Risk of bias
Item	Authors' judgement	Description
Sampling method?	Yes	Included all abstracts.
Search for publications?	No	Searched only 1 database.
Follow‐up time?	Yes	The meeting had 5 years follow‐up.
Matching?	Unclear	Matching criteria not reported.
Adjustment for confounding?	No	Examined association of type presentation with publication using stratified analysis and unspecified statistical tests.