| Downgrades the evidence | Upgrades the evidence for non‐randomised trials |
| Study limitation | Large magnitude of effect |
| Inconsistency of results | All plausible confounding would reduce the demonstrated effect |
| Indirectness of evidence | Dose‐response gradient |
| Imprecision | |
| Publication bias |
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