Table 2. AGREE II: Rigour of development and Editorial Independence.

	CO	EJC	JCO	Overall	p-value, difference between means
AGREE II: Rigour of development (Domain 3)
Consensus Statement (n = 34)
Mean (95% Confidence Interval)	31 (21, 42)	36 (28, 45)	30 (19, 41)	32 (27, 38)	0.6400
Clinical Practice Guideline (n = 67)
Mean (95% Confidence Interval)	70 (61, 79)	46 (32, 60)	68 (64, 72)	64 (59, 69)	0.0006
Mean difference Consensus Statement vs Clinical Practice Guideline					32 (24, 40)
Overall p-value Consensus Statement vs Clinical Practice Guideline					<0.0001
AGREE II: Editorial Independence (Domain 6)
Consensus Statement (n = 34)
Mean (95% Confidence Interval)	50 (38, 62)	44 (34, 54)	63 (56, 70)	53 (47, 59)	0.0305
Clinical Practice Guideline (n = 67)
Mean (95% Confidence Interval)	75 (63, 86)	59 (52, 67)	66 (61, 70)	68 (63, 73)	0.0564
Mean difference Consensus Statement vs Clinical Practice Guideline					15 (7, 23)
Overall p-value Consensus Statement vs Clinical Practice Guideline					0.0003