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. 2024 Jan 16;12(4):LMT63. doi: 10.2217/lmt-2023-0006

Table 1. . Summary of methodological quality.

Study/year Reporting External validity Internal validity - bias Internal validity (selection bias) Power Total score Ref.
Aydiner et al., 2013 10/11 01/03 04/07 03/06 0/1 18 [34]
Cata et al., 2014 11/11 01/03 04/07 03/06 0/1 19 [35]
Chang et al., 2020 09/11 03/03 04/07 03/06 0/1 19 [36]
Chaudhary et al., 2019 10/11 02/03 03/07 02/06 0/1 17 [37]
Coelho et al., 2019 10/11 01/03 04/07 03/06 0/1 18 [38]
Cui et al., 2019 07/11 01/03 04/07 02/06 0/1 14 [56]
Holmes et al., 2013 08/11 01/03 04/07 02/06 0/1 15 [39]
Kaira et al., 2019 09/11 02/03 04/07 02/06 0/1 17 [40]
Lin et al., 2015 09/11 03/03 04/07 02/06 0/1 18 [41]
Mei et al., 2019 08/11 01/03 05/07 02/06 0/1 16 [42]
Musselman et al., 2018 08/11 02/03 04/07 02/06 0/1 16 [43]
Numbere et al., 2015 07/11 01/03 04/07 03/06 0/1 15 [44]
Oh et al., 2020 07/11 01/03 04/07 03/06 0/1 15 [45]
Sakamoto et al., 2019 08/11 01/03 05/07 03/06 0/1 17 [46]
Shah et al., 2011 08/11 02/03 03/07 02/06 0/1 15 [47]
Shao et al., 2016 08/11 02/03 04/07 02/06 0/1 16 [48]
Udumyan et al., 2020 11/11 02/03 03/07 02/06 0/1 18 [49]
Wang et al., 2006 09/11 01/03 05/07 03/06 0/1 18 [50]
Wang et al., 2013 09/11 01/03 04/07 02/06 0/1 16 [51]
Wang et al., 2015 10/11 01/03 04/07 02/06 0/1 17 [52]
Weberpals et al., 2017 10/11 02/03 03/07 04/06 0/1 19 [17]
Yang et al., 2017 10/11 01/03 04/07 02/06 0/1 17 [17]
Yazawa et al., 2016 07/11 01/03 03/07 02/06 0/1 13 [16]
Ji et al., 2022 09/11 01/03 05/07 03/06 0/1 18 [55]

Excellent = 26 to 28; Good = 20 to 25; Fair = 15 to 19; Poor = <14.