| 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 |
• Team • Allegiance • Disclosure • Non-Cochrane reviews • Cardiology • Outcomes • Sponsorship bias • Author |
| Problem(s) |
• Conflict of interest statement or disclosures for review authors missing • Failure to define clinically meaningful outcomes • Financial conflicts of interest of review authors |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | United Kingdom |
| Aim | To assess the impacts and patterns of co-authorship on systematic reviews of alcohol and cardiovascular disease, with particular attention given to industry funding, indexed in Epistemonikos up to May 6, 2020. |
| Level of Investigation | Analytical |
| 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. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 60 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 1844 |
| Treatment impacted | Yes |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Yes |
| Interpretation impacted description | All reviews by authors with histories of alcohol industry support identified a health protective effect of alcohol, whereas those with no known history of support were approximately evenly divided. |