References | Risk of bias (RoB) domains a | Tier b | |||||
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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 |
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.
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).