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. 2020 Nov 15;202(10):e121–e141. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202009-3608ST

Table 1.

Certainty of Evidence

Evidence Quality Definition
High High confidence that the estimated effect is close to the true effect.
Moderate Moderate confidence that the estimated effect is close to the true effect, but with a chance that the true effect is considerably different.
Low Low confidence in the estimated effect. Higher likelihood that the true effect is considerably different from the estimated effect.
Very low Very low confidence in the estimated effect. High likelihood that the true effect is considerably different from the estimated effect.