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Table 2 Distribution of reporting guidelines by study type

From: Sex and gender considerations in reporting guidelines for health research: a systematic review

Study type

N (407)a

%

Case reportb

4

1.0

Clinical practice guideline

8

2.0

Diagnostic/prognostic

18

4.4

Economic evaluation

16

3.9

Experiment

145

35.6

Nonspecificc

103

25.3

Observational

115

28.3

Otherd

16

3.9

Preclinical

15

3.7

Protocol

10

2.5

Quality improvement

5

1.2

Qualitative

17

4.2

Randomized trial

132

32.4

Systematic review

34

8.4

  1. aNumbers do not add up to N, because reporting guidelines can be classified in more than one category
  2. bBased on the category of study types on EQUATOR homepage
  3. cDo not apply to any specific type of study
  4. dAs specified on the individual page of reporting guidelines on EQUATOR