Table 4 Ability of criteria to correctly discriminate between outcomes included and excluded from the final core outcomes set

Allin et al.^a

0.62 (0.37, 0.87)

0.88 (0.82, 0.94)

Beattie et al

0.46 (0.21, 0.72)

0.69 (0.60, 0.78)

Bennett et al

0.51 (0.19, 0.82)

0.91 (0.86, 0.97)

De Lima et al

0.60 (0.49, 0.71)

0.69 (0.60, 0.78)

Playfor et al

0.32 (− 0.02, 0.66)

0.42 (0.14, 0.70)

Qureshi et al

0.49 (0.18, 0.81)

0.88 (0.82, 0.94)

Schmitt et al

0.54 (0.29, 0.79)

0.83 (0.76, 0.91)

Williamson et al.^†

0.46 (0.11, 0.80)

0.88 (0.72, 1.03)

Wylde et al

0.34 (− 0.01, 0.69)

0.92 (0.87, 0.98)