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Table 13 Example of an adapted Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) table for systematic reviews with meta-analysis of prognostic studies

From: Judging the quality of evidence in reviews of prognostic factor research: adapting the GRADE framework

Outcome:

 
 

GRADE factors

 

Prognostic factors

Number of participants

Number of studies

Number of cohorts

Estimated effect size (95% confidence interval)

Phase

Study limitations

Inconsistency

Indirectness

Imprecision

Publication bias

Moderate/large effect size

Dose effect

Overall quality