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Table 3 Categories of spokespeople quoted in Canadian, United Kingdom, and United States newspapers

From: Ocular gene transfer in the spotlight: implications of newspaper content for clinical communications

Spokespersona

Percent (%) of articles

P-valueb

 

Canada (n = 26)

United Kingdom (n = 77)

United States (n = 55)

 

Researchers from universities/research institutes/government

85

57

38

0.000*

Patient advocacy organizations

27

10

31

0.032*

Affected individuals

19

27

33

0.359

Family of affected individuals

19

11

22

0.259

Friends of affected individuals

4

4

4

1.000

Ethics committees

4

1

0

0.430

Parliament/Congress

4

5

0

0.195

Media/Columnist opinion

8

16

29

0.041*

  1. aCategories are not mutually exclusive, therefore add to >100%.
  2. bStatistically significant differences (p<0.05) are indicated by *.