Table 3

Relative risks of having manufacturers’ logos on medical societies’ websites

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 code1.79 (0.76 to 4.21)1.79 (0.66 to 4.82)2.27 (0.49 to 9.93)10.52 (0.53 to 206.83)2.11 (0.48 to 9.27)2.72 (0.61 to 12.19)0.72 (0.13 to 3.88)0.92 (0.27 to 3.14)
Statute0.97 (0.53 to 1.75)1.21 (0.62 to 2.35)1.67 (0.42 to 6.52)1.64 (0.31 to 8.59)0.96 (0.38 to 2.41)1.16 (0.33 to 4.07)0.71 (0.27 to 1.91)0.84 (0.33 to 2.12)
No annual financial report on websiteNCNCNCNCNCNCNCNC
Dimension of society0.96 (0.77 to 1.19)0.92 (0.72 to 1.19)1.03 (0.69 to 1.55)0.74 (0.28 to 1.96)1.19 (0.83 to 1.69)1.27 (0.84 to 1.91)0.78 (0.56 to 1.09)0.74 (0.27 to 3.13)
Type of society 
Services11
Clinical1.09 (1.54 to 2.18)1.97 (0.41 to 2.32)
Surgical1.82 (0.92 to 3.60)1.99 (0.89 to 4.43)
  • NC: non calculable because of 0 count cells: no societies with an available annual financial report showed a logo on their website.