Table 3.
Methodological assessment of study quality
Studies | Criteria for methodological assessment of study quality | Score | |||||||||||||||
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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | ||
Ulbrich et al. (1990), (39) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | + | 11 |
Berg et al. (1991), (40) | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | + | 10 |
Pepe et al. (1991), (41) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | + | 9 |
Benazon et al. (1992), (52) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | 13 |
Slade et al. (1992), (54) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | 12 |
Levin et al. (1997), (42) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | − | + | − | − | + | 10 |
Leiblum et al. (1998), (53) | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | 12 |
Markestad et al. (1998), (43) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | + | 9 |
Lee et al. (2000), (44) | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | + | 9 |
Lee et al. (2001), (45) | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | − | − | + | − | − | + | 10 |
Verhaak et al. (2001), (55) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 14 |
Peterson et al. (2003), (46) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | + | 11 |
Monga et al. (2004), (47) | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | + | − | − | + | 8 |
Peterson et al. (2006), (48) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | + | 10 |
Reporaki et al. (2007), (56) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | 15 |
Wang et al. (2007), (49) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | − | − | + | 12 |
Drosdzol et al. (2009), (50) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | + | + | − | − | + | − | − | + | 11 |
Smith et al. (2009), (51) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | + | − | − | + | 11 |