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Evidence b(i)ased medicine—selective reporting from studies sponsored by pharmaceutical industry: review of studies in new drug applications

BMJ 2003; 326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1171 (Published 29 May 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;326:1171

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I'm rather late to the game with this comment 11 years on, but I can't make figure 1 add up.

The results report finding 38 publications that had arisen from the 42 registered studies. In figure 1 there are indeed 42 blue and red circles; however there are 39 yellow squares and green diamonds.

What am I missing here?

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07 July 2014
Andrew Turner
research associate
University of Bristol
Data to Knowlegde Group, Dept. Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol