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Table 3 Mean (SD) overall scores for CONSORT checklist according to impact factor (IF) of the medical journals.

From: Reporting randomised clinical trials of analgesics after traumatic or orthopaedic surgery is inadequate: a systematic review

IF journals	No IF journals (n = 16)	Low IF journals (n = 36)	High IF journals (n = 40)	Total journals (N = 92)
CONSORT Mean (SD)	8.9 (2.3)†	10.1 (2.1)††	11.6 (3.0)	10.5 (2.7)

† p = 0.007 no IF journals vs. high IF journals; †† p = 0.012 low IF journals vs. high IF journals

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