Table 5.
Quality of direct, indirect, and network evidence of keratinized mucosa thickness outcome
| Outcomes | Comparison | Direct evidence | Indirect evidence | Network meta-analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds ratio (95% CI) | Quality of evidence | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Quality of evidence | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Quality of evidence | ||
| Keratinized mucosa thickness (KMT) | ColS vs Con (2 vs 1) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Con Vs NonCross (1 vs 3) | − 0.67 (− 1.60, 0.26) | Moderate | − 1.40 (− 3.35, 0.53) | Moderate | 0.73 (− 1.41, 2.89) | Moderate | |
| Con vs Cross (1 vs 4) | − 0.8 (− 2.30, 0.70) | Moderate | − 0.06 (− 1.59, 1.47) | Low | − 0.73 (− 2.89, 1.41) | Moderate | |
| Con vs Resorb:Syn (1 vs 5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| NonCross vs ColS (3 vs 2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| ColS vs Cross (2 vs 4) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| ColS vs Resorb:Syn (2 vs 5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cross vs Non-cross (4 vs 3) | 0.61 (− 0.61, 1.83) | Moderate | − 0.12 (− 1.90, 1.64) | Low | 0.73 (− 1.41, 2.89) | Moderate | |
| NonCross vs Resorb:Syn (3 vs 5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Resorb:Syn vs Cross (5 vs 4) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
High quality (⊕ ⊕ ⊕ ⊕)—we are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect. Moderate quality (⊕ ⊕ ⊕ O)—we are moderately confident in the effect estimate: the true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different. Low quality (⊕ ⊕ OO)—our confidence in the effect estimate is limited: the true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the effect. Very low quality (⊕ OOO)—we have very little confidence in the effect estimate: the true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect