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Table 1 Proportions (%) of different type of medical research projects in Finland in 2002 and 2007; projects submitted to the official Finnish ethics committees 1

From: Clinical research in Finland in 2002 and 2007: quantity and type

 

2002

2007

Total

P value2

(n)

(1014)

(1046)

(2060)

Drug research

22.9

24.9

24.0

0.287

Other medical research3

64.7

57.3

60.9

0.001

Non-medical research3

11.7

16.7

14.3

0.001

Missing

0.7

1.1

0.8

Total

100

100

100

Clinical research

78.3

72.8

75.5

0.01

(n)

(794)

(762)

(1556)

  1. 1Includes projects handled by the Central committee.
  2. 2Comparison of the two years (t-test); in calculation P values, projects with missing information were ignored.
  3. 3As defined in the research law (see Methods).