Table 3.

Risk of Bias Assessments of the 110 Trials Included in this Review, Stratified by Type of Journal

Parameter	Pediatric Journals (n = 42)	General Journals (n = 68)
Risk of Bias†
Adequate Sequence Generation	29 (69)	53 (78)
Adequate Concealment of Allocation	23 (55)	50 (74)
Adequate Blinding of Participants and Providers	21 (50)	34 (50)
Adequate Blinding of Outcome Assessment	25 (60)	53 (78)
Adequate Handling of Missing Data	30 (72)	53 (78)

N (%)

†Each category is coded separately, so total may either exceed or not add up to 100%.