Research Article

Discrepancies between Abstracts Presented at International Association for Dental Research Annual Sessions from 2004 to 2005 and Full-Text Publication

Table 2

Percentages of major and minor discrepancies found in full-text publications compared with their respective abstracts presented at IADR annual meetings.

Variable differencesMajor (%)Minor (%)Cumulative differencesMajor (%)Minor (%)

040 (35) 9 (8)40 (35)9 (8)
113 (11) 27 (24)≥174 (65)105 (92)
2 9 (8) 34 (30)≥261 (54)78 (68)
3 6 (5)29 (25)≥352 (46)44 (38)
412 (11)9 (8)≥446 (41)15 (13)
513 (11)6 (5)≥534 (30)
6 9 (8)21 (19)
712 (11)