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. 2017 Aug 31;34(12):808–813. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000691

Table 6.

Independent predictors of conclusiveness for reviews that used Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation

95% CI for OR
Variables OR Significance Lower Upper
Quality of evidence for the primary outcome 2.03 0.011 1.18 3.52
Total number of studies in the review 1.05 0.005 1.01 1.09
Number of outcomes assigned a GRADE rating 1.21 0.062 0.99 1.47

Variables removed from model: secondary outcome quality of evidence and total number of participants.

CI, confidence interval; GRADE, Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation; OR, odds ratio.