Alcohol, cardiovascular disease and industry funding: A co-authorship network analysis of systematic reviews

Ref ID 787
First Author S. Golder
Journal SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
Year Of Publishing 2021
URL https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953621007826
Keywords Author
Cardiology
Allegiance
Sponsorship bias
Disclosure
Team
Non-Cochrane reviews
Outcomes
Problem(s) Failure to define clinically meaningful outcomes
Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing
Financial conflicts of interest of review authors
Number of systematic reviews included 60
Summary of Findings From 60 included systematic reviews on the impacts on alcohol on cardiovascular disease indexed in Epistemonikos up to May 06, 2020. Those with industry funding were more likely to study broader outcomes such as ‘cardiovascular disease’ or ‘coronary heart disease’ as opposed to specific cardiovascular disease issues such as hypertension or stroke (93% [13/14] versus 41% [19/46]) (chi-squared 12.4, p < 0.001) and have more included studies (mean of 29 versus 20). They were also more widely cited by others.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Yes
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? Yes