Question · asked by 1 review

Virus vaccines vs placebo: Incidence of the common cold Number of participants with common cold by group

It is very uncertain whether virus vaccines changes incidence of the common cold Number of participants with common cold… compared with placebo (very low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Virus vaccines vs placebo
Incidence of the common cold Number of participants with common cold by group · young, healthy men in a military facility
It is very uncertain whether virus vaccines changes incidence of the common cold Number of participants with common cold… compared with placebo (very low certainty).
Vaccines for the common cold (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.95 [0.45, 2.02]1 study · 2307 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Vaccines for the common cold
2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.

How reviews are matched to this question

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