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 database | 10 (7.9) | |
Undisclosed FCOI found on docs for profs | 1 (0.8) | |
Undisclosed FCOI found by patents | 3 (2.4) | |
Undisclosed FCOI found on PubMed | 71 (55.9) | |
Additional FCOI besides what is already declared | 20 (15.7) | |
Country of affiliation for authors conducting the systematic review (n=655) | USA | 276 (42.1) |
UK | 116 (17.7) | |
Canada | 69 (10.5) | |
Australia | 61 (9.3) | |
India | 17 (2.6) | |
Netherlands | 16 (2.4) | |
Germany | 15 (2.3) | |
China | 13 (2.0) | |
Ireland | 11 (1.7) | |
Malaysia | 11 (1.7) | |
Switzerland | 9 (1.4) | |
France | 7 (1.1) | |
Belgium | 6 (0.9) | |
Spain | 6 (0.9) | |
Other | 22 (3.4) |