Comparison	k	prop	nma	direct	indir.	Diff	z	p‐value
2:04	0	0	−0.9714	.	−0.9714	.	.	.
2:05	0	0	−0.8316	.	−0.8316	.	.	.
2:06	0	0	−0.8665	.	−0.8665	.	.	.
2:07	0	0	−0.6928	.	−0.6928	.	.	.
2:08	3	1	−1.1043	−1.1043	.	.	.	.
2:09	0	0	−0.4795	.	−0.4795	.	.	.
4:05	0	0	0.1398	.	0.1398	.	.	.
4:06	1	0.55	0.1048	0.2045	−0.0163	0.2208	0.23	0.8218
4:07	0	0	0.2786	.	0.2786	.	.	.
4:08	1	0.61	−0.133	−0.2197	0.001	−0.2208	−0.23	0.8218
4:09	0	0	0.4919	.	0.4919	.	.	.
5:06	0	0	−0.035	.	−0.035	.	.	.
5:07	0	0	0.1388	.	0.1388	.	.	.
5:08	3	1	−0.2728	−0.2728	.	.	.	.
5:09	0	0	0.3521	.	0.3521	.	.	.
6:07	0	0	0.1737	.	0.1737	.	.	.
6:08	0	0	−0.2378	.	−0.2378	.	.	.
6:09	4	0.9	0.3871	0.4095	0.1887	0.2208	0.23	0.8218
7:08	1	0.31	−0.4115	0.2092	−0.6911	0.9003	1.14	0.2561
7:09	3	0.77	0.2133	0.0106	0.9109	−0.9003	−1.14	0.2561
8:09	7	0.86	0.6249	0.6934	0.2014	0.492	0.77	0.4417

Note: See Figure 10 for comparison of direct and indirect estimates.

Abbreviations: Comparison, treatment comparison; Diff, Difference between direct and indirect treatment estimates; Direct, estimated treatment effect (SMD) derived from direct evidence; indir., estimated treatment effect (SMD) derived from indirect evidence; k, number of studies providing direct evidence; nma, estimated treatment effect (SMD) in network meta‐analysis; prop, direct evidence proportion; p value, p‐value of test for disagreement (direct versus indirect); z, z value of test for disagreement (direct versus indirect).