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Table 3 Number of outcomes reported per trial for funding categories and individual species

From: Sample size and number of outcome measures of veterinary randomised controlled trials of pharmaceutical interventions funded by different sources, a cross-sectional study

  

Median

Interquartile range

Range

Species

Cats (N = 9)

10.0

5.5–14.0

2.0–24.0

Dogs (N = 44)

4.5

2.0–5.0

1.0–36.0

Horses (N = 11)

12.0

7.0–14.0

1.0–26.0

Cattle (N = 36)

5.5

3.0–11.8

1.0–36.0

Sheep (N = 26)

5.0

3.0–8.5

1.0–18.0

Funding category

Trials with pharmaceutical funding/involvement (N = 86)

5.0

3.0–9.3

1.0–36.0

Trials with non-pharmaceutical funding stated (N = 19)

9.0

3.0–16.0

2.0–24.0

Trials with no funding source stated (N = 21)

6.0

2.5–14.5

1.0–26.0

All funding categories and species combined

All trials (N = 126)

5.0

3.0–11.0

1.0–36.0