Systematic Review
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World J Clin Cases. Nov 6, 2019; 7(21): 3505-3516
Published online Nov 6, 2019. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i21.3505
Table 2 The scores of the CARE guidelines assessments
ScoreYr of publication
Journal’s IF
Different countries
Funding sources
In total
Before 2013, n = 150After 2013, n = 34IF < 1.8, n = 26IF ≥ 1.8, n = 158Developing countries, n = 14Developed countries, n = 170With funding, n = 10No reported, n = 174
Mean± SD13.5 ± 2.414.2 ± 2.113.3 ± 2.313.6 ± 2.414.4 ± 2.513.5 ± 2.314.2 ± 1.713.6 ± 2.415.6 ± 2.3
P valueP = 0.1114P = 0.4977P = 0.1687P = 0.4456
Range [No. (percentage,95%CI)]
≤ 1018 (12.0, 7.3-18.3)1 (2.9, 0.1-15.3)2 (7.7, 0.9-25.1)17 (10.8, 6.4-16.7)1 (7.1, 0.2-33.9)18 (10.6, 6.4-16.2)0 (0.0, 0.0-30.8)19 (10.9, 6.7-16.5)19 (10.3, 6.3-15.7)
10.5-14.580 (53.3, 45.0-61.5)17 (50.0, 32.4-67.6)17 (65.4, 44.3-82.8)80 (50.6, 42.6-58.7)5 (35.7, 12.8-64.9)92 (54.1, 46.3-61.8)6 (60.0, 26.2-87.8)91 (52.3, 44.6-59.9)97 (52.7, 45.2-60.1)
≥ 1552 (34.7, 27.1-42.9)16 (47.1, 29.8-64.9)7 (26.9, 11.6-47.8)61 (38.6, 31.0-46.7)8 (57.1,28.9-82.3)60 (35.3, 28.1-43.0)4 (40.0, 12.2-73.8)64 (36.8, 29.6-44.4)68 (37.0, 30.0-44.4)