Table 3. Self-identified demographics of the Delphi panelists, per voting round.

Characteristic	Round 1 (n = 58) October 21–November 4, 2022	Round 2 (n = 54) December 21, 2022–January 16, 2023	Round 3 (n = 51) February 10–27, 2023
Gender, n (%)
Female Male Nonbinary Prefer not to say	31 (53.4) 27 (46.6) 0 0	28 (51.9) 25 (46.3) 1 (1.9) 0	28 (54.9) 22 (43.1) 0 1 (2.0)
Geographic location of current primary residence and work, n (%)
Africa Asia Europe North America Oceania South America	3 (5.2) 4 (6.9) 31 (53.4) 16 (27.6) 1 (1.7) 3 (5.2)	3 (5.6) 4 (7.4) 28 (51.9) 15 (27.8) 1 (1.9) 3 (5.6)	2 (3.9) 4 (7.8) 26 (51.0) 15 (29.4) 1 (2.0) 3 (5.9)
Background*, n (%)
Clinician Journal editor Patient partner† Policymaker Publications professional Researcher Other‡	16 (27.6) 8 (13.8) 6 (10.3) 3 (5.2) 17 (29.3) 29 (50.0) 11 (19.0)	14 (25.9) 6 (11.1) 6 (11.1) 3 (5.6) 17 (31.5) 29 (53.7) 6 (11.1)	13 (25.5) 8 (15.7) 5 (9.8) 4 (7.8) 15 (29.4) 24 (47.1) 8 (15.7)

*Panelists could select more than one option.

^†In Rounds 2 and 3, this category was changed to Patient, Patient Partner, Family Member, or Carer.

^‡Other occupation categories included:

In Round 1: Patient and Research Community: Pharmaceutical Physician; Research Funder; Academician (Professor); Guideline Developer; Medical Communications Services; Data Manager; Research in Medical Education; Healthcare Consultant; Patient Advocacy Leader; Physician; Health and Care Guideline Developer.

In Round 2: Data Manager; Medical Education Research and Clinician; Guideline Developer; Administrator; Professor.

In Round 3: Data Manager; Consensus Development Facilitator; Professor; Patient Organization; Guideline Developer.