Journal |
NEJM | 61 (36) | 61 |
Lancet | 64 (38) | |
JAMA | 19 (11) | |
BMJ | 8 (5) | |
Annals of Internal Medicine | 5 (2) | |
PLoS Medicine | 7 (4) | |
Archives of Internal Medicine | 2 (1) | |
JAMA of Internal Medicine | 2 (1) | |
Year of publication |
2010 | 26 (15) | 9 (15) |
2011 | 27 (16) | 9 (15) |
2012 | 29 (17) | 8 (13) |
2013 | 39 (23) | 19 (31) |
2014 | 27 (16) | 10 (16) |
2015 | 20 (12) | 6 (10) |
Type of intervention |
Drug | 112 (67) | 44 (72) |
Surgery | 22 (13) | 7 (11) |
Other | 34 (20) | 10 (16) |
Randomisation |
Patient | 163 (97) | 59 (97) |
Cluster | 5 (3) | 2 (3) |
Power |
80% | 6 (36) | 19 (31) |
85% | 11 (7) | 5 (8) |
90% | 65 (39) | 26 (43) |
71–99% (excluding the above) | 21 (12) | 11 (18) |
Not reported/unclear | 10 (6) | 0 |
Composite outcome |
Yes | 78 (46) | 37 (61) |
No | 90 (54) | 24 (39) |
Disease |
Heart disease | 30 (18) | 13 (21) |
Blood disorder | 19 (11) | 6 (10) |
Cancer | 16 (10) | 8 (13) |
Diabetes | 11 (7) | 2 (3) |
Thromboembolism | 6 (4) | 6 (10) |
Skin infection (non-contagious) | 3 (2) | 2 (3) |
Urinary tract infection | 3 (2) | 0 |
Arthritis | 3 (2) | 1 (2) |
Opthomology | 3 (2) | 1 (2) |
Pneumonia | 3 (2) | 1 (2) |
Complications in pregnancy | 3 (2) | 0 |
Stroke | 3 (2) | 2 (3) |
Testing method | 3 (2) | 1 (2) |
Appendicitis | 2 (1) | 1 (2) |
Depression | 2 (1) | 0 |
Other non-infectious disease | 18 (11) | 7 (11) |
HIV | 18 (11) | 2 (3) |
Tuberculosis | 6 (4) | 4 (7) |
Malaria | 4 (2) | 1 (2) |
Skin infection (contagious) | 2 (1) | 0 |
Hepatitis C | 2 (1) | 2 (3) |
Other infectious disease | 8 (5) | 1 (2) |