Cochrane · systematic review · MR000047

Financial conflicts of interest in systematic reviews: associations with results, conclusions, and methodological quality

Hansen, C, Lundh, A, Rasmussen, K, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2019 · Cochrane Library

MethodologyAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
3
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 66.7%Low 1 · 33.3%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Comparison

3 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Estimated treatment effect measured as Z‐scores*** after adjustment for the number of patients
no estimate extractedNRVery low
Frequency of statistically favourable results
RR 0.84 [0.62, 1.14]NRVery low
Frequency of favourable conclusions
RR 1.98 [1.26, 3.11]NRLow