GRADE guidelines: 7. Rating the quality of evidence--inconsistency.

This article deals with inconsistency of relative (rather than absolute) treatment effects in binary/dichotomous outcomes. A body of evidence is not rated up in quality if studies yield consistent results, but may be rated down in quality if inconsistent. Criteria for evaluating consistency include...

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Main Authors: Guyatt, G, Oxman, A, Kunz, R, Woodcock, J, Brozek, J, Helfand, M, Alonso-Coello, P, Glasziou, P, Jaeschke, R, Akl, E, Norris, S, Vist, G, Dahm, P, Shukla, V, Higgins, J, Falck-Ytter, Y, Schünemann, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011