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Table 2 Presented abstracts (N = 75) and published manuscripts (N = 18) by abstract characteristics

From: Urological research in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective cohort study of abstracts presented at the Nigerian association of urological surgeons conferences

 

Presented abstracts

Published manuscripts

 

Abstract characteristics

n,% presented abstracts

n,% characteristic category

p-value

Type of manuscript

  

0.7781

  Case report

18(24%)

4(22%)

 

  Case series

7(9%)

1(14%)

 

  Original articles

50(67%)

13(26%)

 

Study design/Methodology

  

0.2041

  None3

27(36%)

5(19%)

 

  Retrospective

31(41%)

9(29%)

 

  Prospective

14(19%)

2(14%)

 

  Cross sectional

3(4%)

2(67%)

 

Area of study

  

0.8392

  Adult urology

66(88%)

15(23%)

 

  Paediatric urology

6(8%)

2(33%)

 

  Others

3(4%)

1(33%)

 

Use of statistics

  

0.0091

  Basic

41(55%)

8(20%)

 

  ‘Beyond basic’4

7(9%)

5(71%)

 

  None

27(36%)

5(19%)

 
  1. 1Chi square test.
  2. 2Fisher’s exact test.
  3. 3Case reports, case series, point of technique.
  4. 4Statistical measures beyond the basic measures of frequencies and averages i.e. tests of significance, logistic regressions.