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Table 3 Association of industry financial conflict of interest with outcome (dependent variable), after multivariable adjustments (binomial logistic regression)

From: Self-declared stock ownership and association with positive trial outcome in randomized controlled trials with binary outcomes published in general medical journals: a cross-sectional study

COI (any author)

Adjusted OR for a favorable outcome (95% CI)

p value

Grants

1.35 (0.74–2.45)

0.32

Personal fee

0.89 (0.48–1.64)

0.70

Financial support

0.63 (0.36–1.11)

0.11

Other

1.51 (0.74–3.09)

0.26

Pending patent

1.94 (0.52–7.30)

0.33

Issued patent

0.78 (0.19–3.25)

0.78

Stockholder

3.53 (1.59–7.86)

<0.01

Employee

0.79 (0.32–1.96)

0.61

Funding source

 

0.37

Non-profit

Reference

 

Mixed

0.63 (0.27–1.45)

0.27

For-profit

1.02 (0.57–1.82)

0.95

  1. COI conflict of interest