Table 3

Flow 2, from abstract acceptance to subsequent publication. Meta-analyses of meeting characteristics associated with full publication

Abstract characteristic

Fully published / accepted abstracts

Fully published / accepted abstracts

Odds ratio (95% conf. interval)

Topic of research [44,48,51,52,54,60] Basic vs clinical

239/401 (60%)

1218/2991 (41%)

2.29 (1.75–2.98)

Outcome of studies [3,43,52,54,63,75] Positive vs negative

262 / 471 (56%)

236/515 (46%)

2.07 (1.58–2.71)

Presentation [31,43,50,56,76] Oral vs poster

239/518 (46%)

212/571 (37%)

1.53 (1.15–2.03)

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