Table 3 Results of the assessment of quality of evidence
From: Risk of infection in patients with lymphoma receiving rituximab: systematic review and meta-analysis
Assessment of body of evidence supporting each outcome meta-analysis | ||||||
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Outcomes | Within study risk of bias | Imprecision | Indirectness of evidence | Funnel plot asymmetry (Risk of pub bias) | Judgment | |
Infections | present | not present | not present | not present | Moderate | |
Death for infection | present | present | not present | not assessed | Very low | |
Febrile neutropenia | present | present | not present | not assessed | Very low | |
Leucopenia | present | not present | not present | present | Low | |
Granulocytopenia | present | not present | not present | present | Low | |
Overall response | Overall | present | not present | not present | present | Low |
| Â | Indolent | present | not present | not present | present | Low |
| Â | Aggressive | present | not present | not present | not present | Moderate |