Table 2.
QUADAS-2 results
| Study | Risk of bias | Applicability concerns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | Flow and timing | Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | |
| Bagheri-Hariri et al. [40] | Low | Low | Low | High | Low | Low | Low |
| Ghane et al. [33] | High | Low | Low | High | Low | Low | Low |
| Shokoohi et al. [43] | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Agmy et al. [41] | Unclear | Low | Low | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Low |
| Nazerian et al. [35] | Low | Low | Low | High | Low | Low | Low |
| Elbaih et al. [38] | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Tesfaye et al. [42] | Unclear | Low | Low | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Low |
| Daley et al. [37] | Low | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Rahulkumar et al. [36] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Javali et al. [39] | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Keefer et al. [32] | Low | Low | Low | High | Low | Low | Low |
| Zieleskiewicz et al. [34] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |