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Table 2 Effect of conflicts of interest and industry funding on level of evidence

From: Funding has no effect on clinical outcomes of total joint arthroplasty emerging technologies: a systematic review of bibliometrics and conflicts of interest

Level of Evidence

Any author(s) reporting conflicts

Disclosure of industry funding

Yes

No

Yes

No

I

20.0%

30.8%

30.8%

25.7%

II

22.9%

17.3%

23.1%

18.9%

III

57.1%

51.9%

46.2%

55.4%

 

χ2 = 1.35, P = 0.508

χ2 = 0.38, P = 0.826