Table 1 Details of the Delphi consensus voting process

From: Diagnosis and management of Cornelia de Lange syndrome: first international consensus statement

Level of evidence

Definition

Votes (%)

+++

Evidence or general agreement indicate full agreement with the recommendation

≥70

++

Evidence or general agreement favour the recommendation

50–69

+

Evidence or general agreement are weak for the recommendation

26–49

–

Insufficient evidence or general agreement for the recommendation

<26

  1. Voting was performed digitally by 37 co-authors of the guidelines. For all recommendations, >90% was in full agreement with the recommendations. Patient group representatives did not vote.
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