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. 2023 May 17;21(5):e08006. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8006
References Risk of bias domains (a) Tier (b)
Exposure KEY Outcome KEY Randomisation KEY Allocation concealment Blinding Attrition Other threats to internal validity
Berger et al. ( 1992 ) NR + −− −− −− 2
(a)

Expert judgement was translated into a rating scale for each question to be answered as follows: (++): definitely low RoB; (+): probably low RoB; (NR): not reported; (−): probably high RoB; (− −): definitively high RoB.

(b)

The individual rating for each question was combined by an algorithm and translated to an overall tier of reliability for each individual study (RoB tier 1: low RoB; RoB tier 2: moderate RoB; RoB tier 3: high RoB).