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Table 3 Effect of conflicts of interest and industry funding on RCR and IF

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

S, P*

Yes

No

S, P*

RCR

5.2 ± 4.4

2.3 ± 2.2

1041, < 0.001

3.0 ± 2.1

3.4 ± 3.7

349, 0.737

IF

2.8 ± 1.6

1.9 ± 1.2

1788, 0.032

2.3 ± 1.4

2.3 ± 1.4

569, 0.976

  1. *Statistical results for Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney tests