Discrepancies between pre-specified and reported primary outcomes: A cross-sectional analysis of randomized controlled trials in gastroenterology and hepatology journals

• Bing-Han Shang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Editorial Office, AME Publishing Company, Hong Kong, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1431-6597

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• Fang-Hui Yang,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Editorial Office, AME Publishing Company, Hong Kong, China

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• Yao Lin,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Editorial Office, AME Publishing Company, Hong Kong, China

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• Szymon Bialka,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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• Dina Christa Janse van Rensburg,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Section Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Adriano R. Tonelli,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America

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• Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7926-9368

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• Izumi Kawagoe,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Caroline Rhéaume,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

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• Kai-Ping Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zhangkp@amegroups.com

  Affiliations Editorial Office, AME Publishing Company, Hong Kong, China, Clinical Research Institute, Medical College, Nantong University, Nantong, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7645-2631

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