Comparison 8. Sensitivity analyses for advisory committee reports.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
8.1 Excluding advisory committee reports with unclear or undisclosed conflicts of interest	1	91	Risk Ratio (IV, Random, 95% CI)	1.20 [0.77, 1.87]
8.2 Excluding advisory committee reports with neutral recommendations	2	172	Risk Ratio (IV, Random, 95% CI)	1.28 [0.96, 1.70]
8.3 Excluding all studies of advisory committee reports which disclose a relevant conflict of interest of study authors	3	253	Risk Ratio (IV, Random, 95% CI)	1.39 [1.08, 1.80]
8.4 Re‐analysing our primary analyses using fixed‐effect meta‐analyses	4	629	Risk Ratio (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.15 [1.00, 1.32]
8.5 Re‐categorising financial conflicts of interest into financial conflicts of interest related to the manufacturer	3	410	Risk Ratio (IV, Random, 95% CI)	1.24 [0.99, 1.54]