Abbreviations: SD (standard deviation), IQR (interquartile range), 95% CI (95% confidence interval)
a The difference in proportion of otorhinolaryngologists with payments was evaluated by the chi-square test and fisher exact test.
b The difference in payments per otorhinolaryngologist was evaluated by the Mann–Whitney U test for two groups.
c The interaction between continuous variable society board membership and journal editorial membership were included in multivariable regression models. The relative risk for the interaction was 0.81 (95% CI: 0.63–1.03) and relative monetary value for the interaction was 2.29 (95% CI: 0.63–8.38).
The JSO-HNS required clinical practice guideline authors to declare their financial conflicts of interest (FCOIs) with the industry, and the authors disclosed their FCOIs in the guidelines. Meanwhile, there was no FCOI disclosure among the JSO-HNS board members and the academic journal editors.