Figure 5.

Tables with results of MTC analyses: pooled effect sizes for the outcomes of efficacy (e.g. cure of a disease).

On the right, the network plot shows four interventions and a placebo. Intervention D and placebo act as common comparators. On the left, in the consistency table, drugs are reported alphabetically. Comparisons between treatments should be read from left to right (i.e. treatment 1 versus treatment 2). The estimate effect measure (e.g. odds ratio – OR followed by 95% CrI) is in the cell in common between the row-defining treatment and column-defining treatment. Values of OR higher than 1 favour the occurrence of the outcome in the defined-treatment 1. Values of OR lower than 1 favour the outcome to the defined-treatment 2. Significant results are in bold and underlined. For instance, A versus B value is 1.12 (0.31-3.44) and interventions have no significant differences. A versus D value is 1.72 (1.05-2.91), favouring intervention A as most effective.