Table 2 Categories of quality (certainty) of evidence (adapted from GRADE [16])
From: Adolescent polycystic ovary syndrome according to the international evidence-based guideline
High | Very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect |
Moderate | Moderate confidence in the effect estimate – the true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different |
Low | Limited confidence in the effect estimate – the true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the effect |
Very low | Very little confidence in the effect estimate – the true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect |