Table 2

Flow 1, from submission to acceptance. Meta-analyses of abstract characteristics associated with abstract acceptance.

Abstract characteristic
Accepted / submitted abstracts
Accepted / submitted abstracts
Odds ratio (95% conf. interval)

Topic of research [19,22,23] Basic vs clinical
131 / 216(61%)
155/491 (32%)
3.49 (2.50–4.86)
Outcome of studies [75,76] Positive vs negative
95/162(59%)
233/485 (48%)
1.67(1.16–2.39)

von Elm et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2003 3:12   doi:10.1186/1471-2288-3-12