Distribution of 38 published abstracts by time from presentation at a Japan Primary Care Association Annual Meeting (2010–2012)
| Time from the annual meeting | Number of publications | Accumulated number of publications, n (%) |
| 0–6 months | 4 | 4 (10.5) |
| 7–12 months | 10 | 14 (36.8) |
| 13–18 months | 6 | 20 (24.1) |
| 19–24 months | 5 | 25 (65.8) |
| 25–30 months | 4 | 29 (76.3) |
| 31–36 months | 4 | 33 (86.8) |
| 37–42 months | 4 | 37 (97.4) |
| 43–48 months | 0 | 37 (97.4) |
| 49 months or later | 1 | 38 (100) |
Values are the number of published abstracts, with the percentage of the total number of published abstracts in parentheses.