Table 3

Number and proportion of the 143 articles eligible for review that mention benefits, mention harms, and acknowledge harms of screening


Unblinded analysis
Blinded analysis
Combined analysis


No. of articles
(%)
No. of articles
(%)
No. of articles
(%)

Mention benefits
139
(97)
134
(94)
137
(96)
Mention harms
99
(69)
84
(59)
89
(62)
Acknowledge harms
63
(44)
41
(29)
56
(39)
Total
143
(100)
143
(100)
143
(100)

Jørgensen et al. BMC Medicine 2007 5:12   doi:10.1186/1741-7015-5-12