Table 3 Characters of RCTs of different types of diseases (Chinese journals VS foreign journals)

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

197

71

268

7(4)

19(27)

26(10)

6(3)

14(20)

20(7)

13(7)

20(28)

33(12)

Neoplasm

120

33

153

5(4)

1(3)

6(4)

0(0)

14(42)

14(9)

6(5)

12(36)

18(12)

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism

32

9

41

1(3)

5(56)

6(15)

1(3)

3(33)

4(10)

2(6)

7(78)

9(22)

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

200

6

206

32(16)

0(0)

32(16)

6(3)

0(0)

6(3)

26(13)

4(67)

30(15)

Mental and behavioural disorders

97

96

193

21(22)

12(13)

33(17)

14(14)

8(8)

22(11)

29(30)

85(89)

114(59)

Diseases of the nervous system

56

39

95

4(7)

19(49)

23(24)

0(0)

19(49)

19(20)

2(4)

27(69)

29(31)

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

17

3

20

6(35)

1(33)

7(35)

0(0)

2(67)

2(10)

9(53)

2(67)

11(55)

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

4

0

4

1(25)

0(0)

1(25)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

Diseases of the circulatory system

978

19

997

81(8)

9(47)

90(9)

11(1)

8(42)

19(2)

79(8)

13(68)

92(9)

Diseases of the respiratory system

150

39

189

34(23)

6(15)

40(21)

11(7)

8(21)

19(10)

28(19)

27(69)

55(29)

Diseases of the digestive system

270

14

284

9(3)

5(36)

14(5)

0(0)

8(57)

8(3)

1(0)

7(50)

8(3)

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

49

6

55

10(20)

2(33)

12(22)

0(0)

2(33)

2(4)

10(20)

4(67)

14(25)

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

141

168

309

11(8)

35(21)

46(15)

4(3)

31(18)

35(11)

29(21)

90(54)

119(39)

Diseases of the genitourinary system

220

18

238

11(5)

5(28)

16(7)

3(1)

6(33)

9(4)

16(7)

10(56)

26(11)

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

42

47

89

6(14)

23(49)

29(33)

0(0)

28(60)

28(31)

2(5)

39(83)

41(46)

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratoty findings, not elsewhere calssified

2

9

11

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

1(11)

1(9)

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

5

2

7

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

1(50)

1(0)

Total

2580

579

3159

239(9)

142(25)

381(12)

56(2)

151(26)

207(7)

252(10)

349(60)

601(19)