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. 2023 Dec 11;13:21962. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-48179-1

Table 2.

ROBINS-I (risk of bias judgements in non-randomized studies of interventions).

Confounding Selection of participants Classification of interventions Deviations from intended interventions Missing data Measurement of outcomes Selection of reported results Overall
Davis y Sinning 198733 Moderate Low Moderate Low Low Serious Low Serious
Aguiar et al. 200827 Low Low Low Low Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate
Cowley et al. 20119 Moderate Low Low Low Moderate Serious Low Serious
Mendonca et al. 201115 Low Low Low Low Moderate Moderate Low Moderate
Boer y de Beer 20192 Low Low Low Low Low Moderate Low Moderate
Tsimaras V et al. 200430 Low Low Low Low Low Moderate Low Moderate
Post E et al. 202231 Moderate Low Low low low Serious Low Serious

Low comparable to a well-performed randomized trial; Moderate sound for a non-randomized study, but not comparable to a rigorous randomized trial; Serious presence of important problems; Critical too problematic to provide any useful evidence on the effects of intervention; Overall risk of bias equal to the most severe level of bias found in any domain.