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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Data visualisation approaches for component network meta-analysis: visualising the data structure

First Author

Publication Year

Network Plot

Summary Forest Plot

Ranking Components Plot

Other Plot (which)

Component Effects Table

Intervention Effects Table

Ranking Components Table

Other Table (which)

Rücker [9]

2019

No

Intervention level

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

Rücker [12]

2020

Yes

Intervention level

No

Yes (Line plot for treatment effects from multiple models)

No

No

Yes

Yes (Model fit)

Mills [13]

2011

Yes

Intervention level

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Pompoli [17]

2018

Yes

No

No

Yes (Risk of bias)

Yes

No

No

No

Miklowitz [18]

2020

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes (Risk of bias)

Mills [19]

2012

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Shi [20]

2020

Yes

Intervention level

Yes

Yes (Risk of bias)

No

No

No

Yes (Risk of bias, meta-regression)

Caldwell [21]

2016

Yes

Component level

No

No

No

No

No

No

Freeman [3]

2018

Yes

Component & Intervention level

Yes

Yes (Line plot showing how outcome changes over covariate values)

Yes

No

No

Yes (Model fit)

Kabboul [22]

2018

No

No

No

Yes (Risk of bias, histogram of posterior distributions)

Yes

No

No

Yes (Model fit)

Hartmann-Boyce [1]

2021

No

Component level

No

Yes (Contour plot for model fit, risk of bias)

Yes

No

No

No

López-López [23]

2019

Yes

Component & Intervention level

No

Yes (Risk of bias)

No

No

No

Yes (Model fit)

Riemsma [24]

2011

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Melton [25]

2020

Yes

No

No

Yes (Risk of bias)

Yes

No

No

Yes (Model fit)

Madan [11]

2014

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

Yes (Model fit)

Chen [26]

2012

Yes

No

No

Yes (Funnel plot, caterpillar plot)

No

Yes

No

No

Weibel [27]

2020

Yes

Intervention level

No

Yes (Risk of bias)

No

No

No

No

Danko [28]

2018

No

Component level

Yes

Yes (line plots, histograms)

Yes

Yes

No

No

Welton [8]

2009

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

Yes (Model fit)

Coventry [29]

2020

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Petropoulou [30]

2020

Yes

Intervention level

No

No

No

No

No

No

Smith [31]

2021

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Sposito [32]

2021

No

Intervention level

No

No

No

No

No

No

Launder [33]

Unpublished

Yes

Component & Intervention level

No

No

No

No

No

No

Fujii [34]

2022

Yes

No

No

Yes (Funnel plot, league tables, risk of bias)

Yes

No

No

No

Dautzenberg [35]

2021

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

Dautzenberg [36]

2021

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Burton [37]

2021

No

Component level

No

Yes (Risk of bias)

No

No

No

No

Wang [38]

2021

Yes

Intervention level

No

Yes (Funnel plot, risk of bias)

No

No

No

No

Fong [39]

2021

Yes

Component & Intervention level

No

Yes (Funnel plot, risk of bias)

No

No

No

No

Roberts [40]

2021

Yes

No

No

Yes (Risk of bias)

No

No

No

No

Cintra [41]

2021

No

Intervention level

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

Bálint [42]

2021

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Veroniki [43]

2022

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No