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. 2023 Feb 16;52:17. doi: 10.1186/s40463-022-00619-0

Table 1.

Proportion of article types from 2013 to 2021

Article type 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 P
Case report 3/61 (4.9%) 1/47 (2.1%) 3/56 (5.4%) 5/60 (8.3%) 1/67 (1.5%) 3/75 (4.0%) 8/71 (11.3%) 10/78 (12.8%) 2/68 (2.9%) 0.162
Case series 2/61 (3.3%) 0/47 (0%) 1/56 (1.8%) 1/60 (1.7%) 1/67 (1.5%) 3/75 (4.0%) 3/71 (4.2%) 5/78 (6.4%) 1/68 (1.5%) 0.244
Narrative review 3/61 (4.9%) 2/47 (4.3%) 0/56 (0%) 1/60 (1.7%) 2/67 (3.0%) 4/75 (5.3%) 2/71 (2.8%) 9/78 (11.5%) 2/68 (2.9%) 0.182
Original research 51/61 (83.6%) 43/47 (91.5%) 49/56 (87.5%) 50/60 (83.3%) 61/67 (91.0%) 59/75 (78.7%) 52/71 (73.2%) 47/78 (60.3%) 56/68 (82.4%) < 0.0001
Systematic/scoping review 2/61 (3.3%) 1/47 (2.1%) 3/56 (5.4%) 3/60 (5.0%) 2/67 (3.0%) 6/75 (8.0%) 6/71 (8.7%) 7/78 (9.0%) 7/68 (10.3%) 0.015

Bolded values are statistically significant