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. 2015 Nov 16;16:356. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0808-7

Table 1.

NHMRC grading of evidence levels for aetiology

Evidence level Study design
I Systematic review of prospective cohort studies
II One prospective cohort study
III One retrospective cohort study
IV A case control study
V A cross-sectional study or case series