Table 3.

Category of organisation or individual submitting comment, citation of scientific evidence and document length

Category*	% of total (n)	% citing scientific evidence (n)†	Median document length, pages (range)
Industry	51.2 (64)	12.5 (8)	4 (1–30)
Academia	17.6 (22)	9.1 (2)	1 (1–13)
Healthcare	9.6 (12)	16.7 (2)	2.5 (1–8)
Unknown	7.2 (9)	0 (0)	1 (1–6)
Other	5.6 (7)	57.1 (4)	2 (1–5)
Mixed association	4 (5)	20 (1)	5 (4–8)
Individual consumer	3.2 (4)	0 (0)	1 (1)
Federal government	1.6 (2)	0 (0)	1.5 (1–2)

*See table 1 for explanations of categories.

†Percentage of that ‘Category’ citing scientific evidence, including articles in journals or preprints.