Table 3.

Risk Assessment for Included Studies

	Friberg et al. [17]	Kakwani et al. [18]	Brandt et al. [19]	Nilson et al. [20]	Sossai et al. [21]	Hooper et al. [22]	Bosanquet et al. [23]	Pinder et al. [24]	Wang et al. [25]	Langvatan et al. [25]
Was a consecutive or random sample of patients enrolled?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	YES	Yes	Yes	Yes
Did the studies avoid inappropriate exclusions	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Did all patients receive the same reference standard	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Were all patients included in the analysis	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	NO	NO	NO
Was the sample frame appropriate to address the target population?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Were studies participants sampled in an appropriate way?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Were the studies subjects and the setting described in detail?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Were valid methods used for the identification of the condition?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Was the condition measured in a standard, reliable ways for all participants?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Was there appropriate statistical analysis?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes