Current formats (Table C) | Alternative formats (Table A) | |
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1 | Inclusion of the number of participants and studies column | Exclusion of the number of participants and studies column. Information presented in the outcomes column |
2 | Quality of evidence presented with symbols and labeled as High, Moderate, Low, or Very low. Reasons for downgrading presented in the footnotes | Quality of evidence presented along with main reasons for downgrading in the same column (for example, Moderate due to imprecision) |
3 | 'Footnotes' label | 'Explanations' label |
4 | Baseline risk and corresponding risk expressed as natural frequencies | Baseline risk and corresponding risk expressed as percentages |
5 | No column presenting absolute risk reduction (risk difference) or mean difference | Inclusion of a column presenting absolute risk reduction (risk difference) or mean difference |
6 | Comments column included | Comments column deleted |
7 | No 'What happens' columna | 'What happens' column includeda |
8 | Description of the GRADE Working Group grades of evidence definitions below the table | No description of the GRADE Working Group grades of evidence definitions |