Table 2

Relative risks of having pharmaceutical or medical device industry sponsorship in the programme of the last medical societies’ annual conference

Main modelStratified analysis
All sample (n=131)Only services (n=42)Only clinical (n=59)Only surgical (n=30)
Crude RRAdjusted RRCrude RRAdjusted RRCrude RRAdjusted RRCrude RRAdjusted RR
Ethical code1.39 (1.23 to 1.57)1.22 (1.01 to 1.48)1.74 (1.33 to 2.28)0.66 (0.42 to 1.04)1.23 (1.07 to 1.41)1.28 (1.04 to 1.59)1.29 (1.03 to 1.63)1.33 (0.88 to 2.01)
Statute1.16 (0.91 to 1.47)1.17 (0.89 to 1.53)1.67 (0.94 to 2.94)1.48 (0.81 to 2.70)0.86 (0.67 to 1.12)0.86 (0.59 to 1.23)1.18 (0.74 to 1.89)1.28 (0.74 to 2.19)
No annual financial report on website1.29 (0.67 to 2.48)1.22 (0.72 to 2.08)1.28 (0.31-0.32)1.80 (0.65 to 4.94)1.71 (0.42 to 6.96)1.65 (0.33 to 8.19)1.17 (0.50 to 2.73)0.95 (0.67 to 1.32)
Dimension of society1.14 (1.06 to 1.22)1.13 (1.05 to 1.21)1.29 (1.09 to 1.53)1.28 (1.02 to 1.61)1.09 (0 to 98 to 1.21)1.11 (0.01 to 6.03)1.08 (0.99 to 1.18)1.08 (0.25 to 1.67)
Type of society
Services11
Clinical1.40 (1.05 to 1.87)1.22 (0.89 to 1.78)
Surgical1.31 (0.94 to 1.84)1.32 (0.94 to 1.84)
  • Bold typeface indicates significant results.