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. 2019 Sep 4;17(9):e05778. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5778

Figure M.1.

Figure M.1

Main steps of the EKE process following the Sheffield method

  1. The evidence dossier documents all the evidence and related uncertainties relevant to the formulation of the expert judgement (see Section M.3 below).
  2. In this step, each expert answered the EKE questions individually. To that end, experts had to express the probability that each of the proposed ranges of sodium intake/excretion would include the ‘true’ level of interest (roulette method, see Section M.4 below). As a result, each expert provides his/her own uncertainty probability distribution.
  3. Following the collective discussion, a consensus uncertainty probability distribution is elicited from the group of experts, which reflect the aggregated view of the experts on the parameter of interest and related uncertainty.