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.