Vitamin D as an Adjunctive Treatment to Standard Drugs in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients: An Evidence-Based Case Report

Table 3

Critical appraisal of the systematic reviews using the CEBM tool by the University of Oxford.

Author	Clear PICO	FAAT				Results
		Appropriate searching	Appropriate inclusion criteria	Study validity	Result similarity	Total 95% CI	Heterogeneity	Overall effect
Wallis et al. (2016) [20]	+	+	+	−	−	−	−	−
Wang et al. (2018) [21]	+	+	+	+	+	RR 0.9 [0.91, 1.07]	Chi^2 = 1.27, df = 2 (p = 0.53), I^2 = 0%	Z = 0.30 (p = 0.77)
Wu et al. (2018) [10]	+	+	+	+	−	OR 1.21 [1.05, 1.39]; OR 1.22 [1.04, 1.43]	Chi^2 = 13.25, df = 3 (p = 0004), I^2 = 77%; Chi^2 = 11.15, df = 3 (p = 0.01), I^2 = 73%	Z = 2.69 (p = 0.007); Z = 2.41 (p = 0.77)

FAAT indicated by + stated clearly in the article; − not being done; ? not stated clearly.