Supplementary Table 10. Study quality: An overview of studies regarding Forns score for prediction of varices in liver cirrhosis. No. Item Stefanescu Sebastiani Hassan Was the spectrum of patients representative of the patients 1 N Y N who will receive the test in practice? 2 Were selection criteria clearly described? Y Y Y Is the reference standard likely to correctly classify the target 3 Y Y Y condition? Is the time period between reference standard and index test 4 short enough to be reasonably sure that the target condition U Y U did not change between the two tests? (≤3 months) Did the whole sample or a random selection of the sample, 5 Y Y Y receive verification using a reference standard of diagnosis? Did patients receive the same reference standard regardless 6 Y Y Y of the index test result? Was the reference standard independent of the index test (i.e. 7 Y Y Y the index test did not form part of the reference standard)? Was the execution of the index test described in sufficient 8 Y Y Y detail to permit replication of the test? Was the execution of the reference standard described in 9 Y Y Y sufficient detail to permit its replication? Were the index test results interpreted without knowledge of 10 U U U the results of the reference standard? Were the reference standard results interpreted without 11 U U U knowledge of the results of the index test? Were the same clinical data available when test results were 12 interpreted as be available when the test is used in Y Y Y practice? 13 Were uninterpretable/intermediate test results reported? Y Y Y 14 Were withdrawals from the study explained? Y Y Y 10 12 10 Supplementary Table 11. Study characteristics: An overview of studies regarding FibroIndex for prediction of varices in liver cirrhosis.
Supplementary Table 10. Study quality: An overview of studies regarding Forns score for prediction of varices in liver cirrhosis. No. Item Stefanescu Sebastiani Hassan 1 Was the spectrum of patients representative of the patients who will receive the test in practice? N Y N 2 Were selection criteria clearly described? Y Y Y 3 Is the reference standard likely to correctly classify the target condition? Y Y Y 4 Is the time period between reference standard and index test short enough to be reasonably sure that the target condition did not change between the two tests? (≤3 months) U Y U 5 Did the whole sample or a random selection of the sample, receive verification using a reference standard of diagnosis? Y Y Y 6 Did patients receive the same reference standard regardless of the index test result? Y Y Y 7 Was the reference standard independent of the index test (i.e. the index test did not form part of the reference standard)? Y Y Y 8 Was the execution of the index test described in sufficient detail to permit replication of the test? Y Y Y 9 Was the execution of the reference standard described in sufficient detail to permit its replication? Y Y Y 10 Were the index test results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the reference standard? U U U 11 Were the reference standard results interpreted without knowledge of the results of the index test? U U U 12 Were the same clinical data available when test results were interpreted as be available when the test is used in practice? Y Y Y 13 Were uninterpretable/intermediate test results reported? Y Y Y 14 Were withdrawals from the study explained? Y Y Y 10 12 10 Supplementary Table 11. Study characteristics: An overview of studies regarding FibroIndex for prediction of varices in liver cirrhosis.