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Table 3 Number and proportion of the 143 articles eligible for review that mention benefits, mention harms, and acknowledge harms of screening

From: Are benefits and harms in mammography screening given equal attention in scientific articles? A cross-sectional study

 

Unblinded analysis

Blinded analysis

Combined analysis

 

No. of articles

(%)

No. of articles

(%)

No. of articles

(%)

Mention benefits

139

(97)

134

(94)

137

(96)

Mention harms

99

(69)

84

(59)

89

(62)

Acknowledge harms

63

(44)

41

(29)

56

(39)

Total

143

(100)

143

(100)

143

(100)