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. 2019 Aug 19;2019(8):CD013403. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013403

Table 1.

Draft 'Summary of findings' table

Intervention compared with placebo or active control for preventing HAE attacks
Patient or population: children or adults with type I HAE
Settings: outpatient setting
Intervention: intervention
Comparison: placebo or active control
Outcomes Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) Relative effect (95% CI) No. of Participants (studies) Certainty of the evidence (GRADE) Comments
Assumed risk Corresponding risk
Placebo/active control Intervention
Number of attacks
(per week, per month, per year;
follow‐up)
Study population [value] ([value]) [Delete as appropriate]
⊕⊝⊝⊝ very low
⊕⊕⊝⊝ low
⊕⊕⊕⊝ moderate
⊕⊕⊕⊕ high
[value] per 1000 [value] per 1000 ([value] to [value]) RR [value] ([value] to [value])
Mortality
(per week, per month, per year;
follow‐up)
Study population [value] ([value]) [Delete as appropriate] 
⊕⊝⊝⊝ very low
⊕⊕⊝⊝ low
⊕⊕⊕⊝ moderate
⊕⊕⊕⊕ high
[value] per 1000 [value] per 1000 ([value] to [value]) RR [value] ([value] to [value])
Incidence of serious adverse events
(follow‐up)
Study population [value] ([value]) [Delete as appropriate]
⊕⊝⊝⊝ very low
⊕⊕⊝⊝ low
⊕⊕⊕⊝ moderate
⊕⊕⊕⊕ high
[value] per 1000 [value] per 1000 ([value] to [value]) RR [value] ([value] to [value])
Quality of life [any validated scale] (follow‐up) Study population [value] ([value]) [Delete as appropriate]
⊕⊝⊝⊝ very low
⊕⊕⊝⊝ low
⊕⊕⊕⊝ moderate
⊕⊕⊕⊕ high
The mean change in quality of life ranged across control groups from [value][measure] The mean change in quality of life in the intervention groups was [value] [lower/higher] [(value to value lower/higher)]
Measures of disability [any validated scale] (follow‐up) Study population [value] ([value]) [Delete as appropriate]
⊕⊝⊝⊝ very low
⊕⊕⊝⊝ low
⊕⊕⊕⊝ moderate
⊕⊕⊕⊕ high
The mean change in disability ranged across control groups from [value][measure] The mean change in disability in the intervention groups was [value] [lower/higher] [(value to value lower/higher)]
Incidence of adverse events (follow‐up) Study population [value] ([value]) [Delete as appropriate]
⊕⊝⊝⊝ very low
⊕⊕⊝⊝ low
⊕⊕⊕⊝ moderate
⊕⊕⊕⊕ high
[value] per 1000 [value] per 1000 ([value] to [value]) RR [value] ([value] to [value])
*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
CI: confidence interval; HAE: hereditary angioedema; RR: risk ratio
GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.