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. 2016 Mar 22;14:9. doi: 10.1186/s12963-016-0075-3

Table 1.

Descriptions of trapezoidal probability distributions used for multiple-bias analysis of Study A

Study A Scenario W1a W2a W3a W4a RE
1 0.2, 0.34, 0.43, 0.78 0.5, 0.7, 0.8, 1.0 None
2 0.2, 0.30, 0.50, 0.78 0.5, 0.65, 0.85, 1.0 None
3 0.2, 0.24, 0.53, 0.78 0.5, 0.6, 0.9, 1.0 None
4 0.2, 0.34, 0.43, 0.78 0.5, 0.7, 0.8, 1.0 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 0.91, 0.95, 0.97, 0.99 None
5 0.2, 0.34, 0.43, 0.78 0.5, 0.7, 0.8, 1.0 0.6, 0.65, 0.85, 0.9 0.91, 0.94, 0.98, 0.99 None
6 0.2, 0.34, 0.43, 0.78 0.5, 0.7, 0.8, 1.0 0.6, 0.62, 0.82, 0.9 0.91, 0.92, 0.98, 0.99 None
7 0.2, 0.30, 0.50, 0.78 0.5, 0.65, 0.85, 1.0 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 0.91, 0.95, 0.97, 0.99 None
8 0.2, 0.30, 0.50, 0.78 0.5, 0.65, 0.85, 1.0 0.6, 0.65, 0.85, 0.9 0.91, 0.94, 0.98, 0.99 None
9 0.2, 0.30, 0.50, 0.78 0.5, 0.65, 0.85, 1.0 0.6, 0.62, 0.82, 0.9 0.91, 0.92, 0.98, 0.99 None
10 0.2, 0.24, 0.53, 0.78 0.5, 0.6, 0.9, 1.0 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 0.91, 0.95, 0.97, 0.99 None
11 0.2, 0.24, 0.53, 0.78 0.5, 0.6, 0.9, 1.0 0.6, 0.65, 0.85, 0.9 0.91, 0.94, 0.98, 0.99 None
12 0.2, 0.24, 0.53, 0.78 0.5, 0.6, 0.9, 1.0 0.6, 0.62, 0.82, 0.9 0.91, 0.92, 0.98, 0.99 None
13 0.2, 0.34, 0.43, 0.78 0.5, 0.7, 0.8, 1.0 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 0.91, 0.95, 0.97, 0.99 Standard
14 0.2, 0.34, 0.43, 0.78 0.5, 0.7, 0.8, 1.0 0.6, 0.65, 0.85, 0.9 0.91, 0.94, 0.98, 0.99 Standard
15 0.2, 0.34, 0.43, 0.78 0.5, 0.7, 0.8, 1.0 0.6, 0.62, 0.82, 0.9 0.91, 0.92, 0.98, 0.99 Standard
16 0.2, 0.30, 0.50, 0.78 0.5, 0.65, 0.85, 1.0 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 0.91, 0.95, 0.97, 0.99 Standard
17 0.2, 0.30, 0.50, 0.78 0.5, 0.65, 0.85, 1.0 0.6, 0.65, 0.85, 0.9 0.91, 0.94, 0.98, 0.99 Standard
18 0.2, 0.30, 0.50, 0.78 0.5, 0.65, 0.85, 1.0 0.6, 0.62, 0.82, 0.9 0.91, 0.92, 0.98, 0.99 Standard
19 0.2, 0.24, 0.53, 0.78 0.5, 0.6, 0.9, 1.0 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 0.91, 0.95, 0.97, 0.99 Standard
20 0.2, 0.24, 0.53, 0.78 0.5, 0.6, 0.9, 1.0 0.6, 0.65, 0.85, 0.9 0.91, 0.94, 0.98, 0.99 Standard
21 0.2, 0.24, 0.53, 0.78 0.5, 0.6, 0.9, 1.0 0.6, 0.62, 0.82, 0.9 0.91, 0.92, 0.98, 0.99 Standard

aTrapezoidal distribution (minimum value, mode 1 value, mode 2 value, maximum value)

W1: Selection probability for abortion-related deaths

W2: Selection probability for non-abortion-related deaths

W3: Sensitivity of cause of death classification

W4: Specificity of cause of death classification

RE: Random Error