Table 3 Comparisons of Egyptian biomedical and cancer Publications listed in the PubMed database over two time periods (1991-2000 & 2001-2010)
Type of Publication | Period 1 (1991-2000) | Period 2 (2001-2010) | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Mean ± SD | median (IQR) | Total | Mean ± SD | Median (IQR) | ||
Egyptian biomedical publications | |||||||
Total (n) | 4487 | 449 ± 80 | 412 (396-509) | 12348 | 1235 ± 515 | 1062 (825-1640) | <0.001* |
Human (n) | 2390 | 239 ± 44.8 | 226.5 (211-259) | 6515 | 652 ± 284 | 573 (407-909) | <0.001* |
Human: total (%) | 53.3 ± 3.9 | 52.8 (50-57) | 52.2 ± 4.4 | 54 (49-55) | 0.56** | ||
Animal (n) | 1672 | 167.2 ± 21 | 163.5 (153-184) | 3203 | 320 ± 94 | 282 (246-397) | <0.001** |
Animal: total (%) | 37.7 ± 3.7 | 37.4 (36-40) | 27.1 ± 3.5 | 26.5 (25-30) | <0.001** | ||
Egyptian cancer publications | |||||||
Total | 892 | 89 ± 18 | 82 (76-109) | 2848 | 304 ± 152 | 282 (175-428) | <0.001* |
Human (n) | 560 | 56 ± 10.4 | 53.5 (47-66) | 2155 | 216 ± 104 | 219 (113-302) | <0.001* |
Human: total ( %) | 63.2 ± 6.1 | 62.4 (58-66) | 70.7 ± 6.6 | 70.5 (65-78) | 0.017** | ||
Animal (n) | 297 | 29.7 ± 9.8 | 26 (23-43) | 701 | 70 ± 30.6 | 60 (48-92) | <0.001* |
Animal: total (%) | 32.7 ± 4.9 | 31.7 (30-36) | 24.6 ± 5.8 | 21.7 (21-31) | 0.003** | ||
Egyptian cancer: biomedical publications (%) | 19.9 | 19.8 ± 1.5 | 20.2 (19-21) | 23.1 | 23.8 ± 3.4 | 25.1 (21-26) | <0.001** |