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. 2016 Apr 5;13(4):e1001987. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001987

Table 5. Consensus ACROBAT-NRSI judgments between two reviewers by domain of bias—component studies from McGettigan and Henry [18].

Component Study Domain Overall RoB Judgment
Bias Due to Confounding Bias in Selection of Participants Bias in Measurement of Interventions Bias Due to Departures from Intended Interventions Bias Due to Missing Data Bias in Measurement of Outcomes Bias in Selection of Reported Results
Cohort study design
Curtis et al. [40] Moderate Moderate Low Moderate Moderate Low Low Serious
Gislason et al. [44] Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
MacDonald and Wei [51] Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Mamdani et al. [52] Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Ray et al. [54] Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Ray et al. [55] Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Case–control study design
Bak et al. [39] Serious Low Low Low Low Low Low Serious
Fischer et al. [41] Moderate Low Low Low Moderate Low Low Moderate
Garcia Rodriquez et al. [42] Moderate Low Low Low Moderate Low Low Moderate
Garcia Rodriquez et al. [43] Moderate Low Low Low Moderate Low Low Moderate
Graham et al. [45] Low Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Hippisley-Cox and Coupland [46] Moderate Low Low Low Moderate Low Low Moderate
Johnsen et al. [40] Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Kimmel et al. [48] Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Moderate Low Low Serious
Kimmel et al. [49] Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Moderate Low Low Serious
Lévesque et al. [50] Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
McGettigan et al. [53] Low Low Moderate Low Low Low Low Moderate
Schlienger et al. [56] Moderate Low Low Low Moderate Low Low Moderate
Solomon et al. [57] Moderate Moderate Low Moderate Low Low Moderate Serious
Solomon et al. [58] Low Moderate Low Low Low Low Low Moderate
Watson et al. [59] Low Low Low Low Moderate Low Low Moderate