Table 4.
Certainty Assessment | № of Patients | Effect | Certainty | Importance | ||||
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Risk of Bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other Considerations | (n) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) |
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serious a | serious b | not serious | not serious | none | 107,194 | 1.53 (1.20 to 1.95) | ⨁⨁◯◯ Low |
IMPORTANT |
Abbreviations: CI: Confidence interval. Explanations: a. Downgraded since most studies judged as serious risk of bias based on NOS were included in the meta-analysis and residual confounding cannot be ruled out. b. Serious inconsistency since I2 = 62.3%; downgraded. ⨁: Upgraded score; ◯: Downgraded score.