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. 2021 May 3;4(5):e2111516.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.11516.

Reporting of Participant Race, Sex, and Socioeconomic Status in Randomized Clinical Trials in General Medical Journals, 2015 vs 2019

Mikhaila Alegria  1 , Shawn Sud  2 , Benjamin E Steinberg  2   3 , Nan Gai  2 , Asad Siddiqui  2
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Reporting of Participant Race, Sex, and Socioeconomic Status in Randomized Clinical Trials in General Medical Journals, 2015 vs 2019

Mikhaila Alegria et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates changes in reporting practices for race, sex, and socioeconomic status in randomized clinical trials in 2015 vs 2019.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Race and Sex Representation in Studies Published in 2015 and 2019
Middle horizontal lines represent medians; boxes, the interquartile range; and error bars, 1.5 times the interquartile ranges beyond the 25th and 75th percentiles. Outliers are represented by dots.
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