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. 2022 Aug 4;15(2):839–844. doi: 10.21037/jtd-22-498

Table 1. Grade the overall certainty of evidence (2).

Grade Quality level Definition
A High We are confident that the actual impacts closely match the estimated effects
B Moderate The true impacts are likely to be similar to the estimates, but there is a chance that they are significantly different
C Low The actual impacts may differ significantly from the estimated effects
D Very low The estimates are quite uncertain and frequently will be wildly inaccurate