Table 6.

Properties of graphical tools available to summarise multiple outcomes in NMA

Properties	Methodological Frameworks
	Rank-o-grams	Scatter plota	Rank heat plot	Radar plot	Spie charts
Summary type
Numerical	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
Does not depend on ordering of outcomes	–	–	–	✗	✓
Visual	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Single figure	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
Outcome measures
Same units
Absolute effects	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
P (best)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
P-score	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
SUCRA	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
All ranking probabilities	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗
Mean or median rank	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Different units
Relative effects	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗
Outcome preferences
Straightforward ability to weight outcomes	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Other considerations
Can include > 2 outcomes	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Can accommodate missing outcomes	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗

^aScatter plots of two outcomes [35]