Manuscript | Publication | Crude difference or proportion‡ (95% CI) | Adjusted difference† (95% CI) | |
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Number of limitation-acknowledging sentences (mean, SD) | 2.48 (3.62) | 3.87 (4.34) | 1.39 (1.09–1.76) | 0.62 (− 0.23–1.48) |
Number of papers with zero limitation-acknowledging sentences (n/total) | 202/446 | 147/446 | ||
Number of manuscripts with zero limitation-acknowledging sentences whose publication had at least one | 63/202 | 31.2 (25.2–37.9) | ||
Number of manuscripts with at least one limitation-acknowledging sentence whose publication had none | 8/244 | 3.28 (1.67–6.34) | ||
Unweighted hedges (%) | 2.06 (0.76) | 2.13 (0.74) | 0.07 (0.04–0.10) | 0.04 (− 0.05–0.14) |
Unweighted hedges, limitation-acknowledging sentences excluded (%) | 2.01 (0.77) | 2.05 (0.76) | 0.04 (0.01–0.08) | 0.06 (− 0.03–0.16) |
Weighted hedges (%) | 7.07 (2.91) | 7.30 (2.82) | 0.23 (0.10–0.36) | 0.09 (− 0.28–0.47) |
Weighted hedges, limitation-acknowledging sentences excluded (%) | 6.92 (2.95) | 7.05 (2.89) | 0.13 (0.01–0.26) | 0.05 (− 0.32–0.43) |