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World J Clin Cases. Aug 6, 2026; 14(22): 121062
Published online Aug 6, 2026. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.121062
Table 3 Certainty (grading of recommendations assessment, development, and evaluation) of evidence of the outcomes
Outcome
Number of studies
Study design
Risk of bias
Inconsistency
Indirectness
Imprecision
Other consideration
Certainty of evidence
IBS and CRC66 cross-sectional Not seriousSerious (I2 = 79%) Not seriousSeriousNoneVery low
IBS and CRC3Three retrospectiveNot seriousSerious (I2 = 99%) Not seriousSeriousNoneVery low
IBS and CRC, removing outliers 5Four cross-sectional and 1 cohort Not serious Not serious (I2 = 0%) Not seriousNot serious None Low


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