3.6.1. Assumption of NMA and Network Geometry

Homogeneity and transitivity assumptions are the same as those described in Section 3.5.1. We assessed the consistency assumption via a global and local approach and found no evidence of inconsistency after excluding the study by Lei [36]. The connectivity assumption was confirmed through network geometry (Supplementary Materials Digital Content 7). There were five nodes (ELEC, BEEV, MANU, CONV, and SHMA) from 10 studies and 14 pairwise comparisons from six types of comparison pairs (edges).
