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. 2023 Nov 13;21(11):e08353. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8353
References Risk of bias (RoB) domains a Tier b
Exposure KEY Outcome KEY Confounding KEY Inappropriate selection Attrition Other sources of bias/statistics
de Vogel et al. (2013) + + + + + + 1
Rossi et al. (2006) + NR + + + 2
Johansson et al. (2008) + + + + + + 1
Essén et al. (2019) + ++ + + + 2
Hultdin et al. (2005) + + + + + + 1
Weinstein et al. (2006) + ++ + + + + 1
Stevens et al. (2006) + + + + 2
Roswall et al. (2013) ++ + NR ++ + 2
Beilby et al. (2010) + + NR + + 2
Weinstein et al. (2003) + ++ NR 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).