Table 1

Characteristics of eligible studies

Study	Clinical topic	AGREE version	Number of guidelines	Publication date of guidelines	Number of guidelines published 2008+
Lee et al18	Acute procedural pain, paediatrics	2	18	2001 to 2013	12
Nuckols et al19	Opioid use for chronic pain	2	13	2009 to 2012	12
Sabharwal et al20	Orthopaedic thromboprophylaxis	2	7	2009 to 2013	7
Larmer et al21	Management of osteoarthritis	2	19	2001 to 2013	11
Lytras et al22	Occupational asthma	2	7	1992 to 2012	3
Al-Ansary et al23	Hypertension	2	11	2006 to 2011	8
Holmer et al24	Glycaemic control type 2 diabetes	2	24	2007 to 2012	19
Lopez-Vargas et al25	Chronic kidney disease	2	11	2002 to 2011	6
Rohde et al26	Aphasia in stroke management	2	19	2001 to 2010	13
Greuter et al27	Diabetes in pregnancy	1	8	2003 to 2010	5
Arevalo-Rodriguez et al28	Dementia in Alzheimer’s disease	2	15	2005 to 2011	9
Seixas et al29	Management of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder	1	13	2001 to 2011	3
Pillastrini et al30	Management of low back pain in primary care	1	13	2002 to 2009	3
Tong et al31	Screening and follow-up of living kidney donors	2	10	1996 to 2010	3
De Hert et al32	Screening and monitoring of cardiometabolic risk in schizophrenia	1	18	2004 to 2010	7
Hurkmans et al33	Physiotherapy use in rheumatoid arthritis	1	8	2002 to 2009	2
Fortin et al34	Chronic conditions relevant to primary care	1	16	2003 to 2009	4
Tan et al35	Psoriasis vulgaris	1	8	2007 to 2009	7
McNair and Hegarty36	Primary care of lesbian, gay and bisexual people	1	11	1997 to 2010	2
Mahmud and Mazza37	Preconception care of women with diabetes	1	5	2001 to 2009	2