Table 2

Characteristics of systematic review authors (n=655)

Accuracy of author COI disclosure statement
(n=655)
Reported conflict of interest (COI)103 (81.1)
Undisclosed FCOI found on open payments database10 (7.9)
Undisclosed FCOI found on docs for profs1 (0.8)
Undisclosed FCOI found by patents3 (2.4)
Undisclosed FCOI found on PubMed71 (55.9)
Additional FCOI besides what is already declared20 (15.7)
Country of affiliation for authors conducting the systematic review (n=655)USA276 (42.1)
UK116 (17.7)
Canada69 (10.5)
Australia61 (9.3)
India17 (2.6)
Netherlands16 (2.4)
Germany15 (2.3)
China13 (2.0)
Ireland11 (1.7)
Malaysia11 (1.7)
Switzerland9 (1.4)
France7 (1.1)
Belgium6 (0.9)
Spain6 (0.9)
Other22 (3.4)