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Table 4 Quality of evidence appraised using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE)-method

From: Do physical fitness and motor skill performances in underweight children differ from normal weight peers? A meta-analysis

 

Study limitation

Inconsistency

Indirectness

Imprecision

Publication bias

Quality of the evidence (Grade)

Physical fitness

 Asia

 = 

↓↓

  

 North America and Europe

↓↓

 = 

  

 Africa

↓↓

↓↓

 = 

  

Motor skill

 All together

 = 

 = 

↓↓

 = 

  

  1. Explanation: ↓GRADE score downgraded by one point; = No impact on GRADE score
  2. Point on final GRADE score awarded;  Point on final GRADE score not awarded and suggested representations of the quality of evidence; Symbol = high;   = moderate;    = low, and    or       = very low