Table 2

Primary outcome: response from contacted authors

ResponseAdjusted OR (95% CI)P value
Short message and protocol36/45 (80%)1.10 (0.36 to 3.33)0.87
Long message33/43 (77%)
  • Adjusted for year of publication, size of trial and if the author had multiple trials included. Total N included=88. Robust SEs were used in model fitting.