Table 1 Proportion of RCTs, LTE, and categories of LTE themes by journal*
From: What do letters to the editor publish about randomized controlled trials? A cross-sectional study
Journal | Number of RCTs (%) | Number of LTEs (%) | Number of topics (%) | Categories of LTE topics (N = 623) (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Methodological | Clinical | Other | ||||
NEJM | 94 (54) | 233 (61) | 359 (58) | 325 (58) | 26 (62) | 8 (47) |
JAMA | 35 (20) | 56 (15) | 108 (17) | 107 (19) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) |
Lancet | 27 (15) | 60 (16) | 110 (18) | 95 (17) | 7 (17) | 8 (47) |
BMJ | 11 (6) | 19 (5) | 26 (4) | 18 (3) | 8 (19) | 0 (0) |
AnnIntMed | 8 (5) | 13 (3) | 20 (3) | 19 (3) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
TOTAL | 175 | 381 | 623 | 564 (91) | 42 (7) | 17 (3) |