Table 2

Presence of financial interests, citation of scientific evidence and document length

Financial ties to industry% of total (n)% citing scientific evidence (n)*Median document length, pages (range)
Yes†63.2 (79)16.5 (13)4 (1–30)
No8 (10)10 (1)2.5 (1–13)
Unknown28.8 (36)8.3 (3)1 (1–7)
  • *Including articles in journals or preprints.

  • †Includes industry, industry associations, mixed associations and any other submitters for which we were able to identify a financial tie to industry.