Table 3. Study characteristics according to QUADAS II recommendations to report the risk of bias for patient selection and the concerns for applicability of data collected in manuscripts eligible for the meta-analysis.
Risk of bias | Applicability concerns | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | Flow and timing | Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | |
Anifandis 2015 | low | high | low | low | low | low | low |
Benchaib 2007 | unclear | high | low | high | low | low | low |
Boe-Hanson 2006 | high | high | low | high | low | low | low |
Borini 2006 | low | low | low | low | low | low | low |
Bungum 2007 | low | low | low | low | low | low | low |
Check 2005 | high | low | low | high | high | low | low |
Esbert 2011 | low | low | low | unclear | low | high | low |
Frydman 2008 | low | low | low | low | low | high | low |
Gandini 2004 | low | low | low | unclear | low | low | low |
Guerin 2005 | unclear | unclear | low | unclear | unclear | low | low |
Henkel 2004 | unclear | high | low | high | low | high | low |
Huang 2005 | unclear | unclear | low | low | low | low | low |
Larson-Cook 2003 | low | high | low | unclear | low | low | low |
Lin 2008 | high | high | low | unclear | low | low | low |
Micinski 2009 | low | low | low | unclear | low | high | low |
Muriel 2006 | low | high | low | low | low | high | low |
Ni 2014 | high | low | low | unclear | low | low | low |
Niu 2011 | high | high | low | low | low | low | low |
Oleszczuk 2016 | low | low | low | low | low | low | low |
Ozmen 2007 | unclear | high | low | low | low | low | low |
Payne 2005 | low | low | low | unclear | low | low | low |
Seli 2004 | low | high | low | low | low | low | low |
Simon 2010 | low | high | low | unclear | low | low | low |
Simon 2011 | low | high | low | high | low | low | low |
Simon 2011 | low | high | low | high | low | low | low |
Simon 2014 | low | high | low | high | low | high/low* | low |
Speyer 2010 | low | unclear | low | high | low | low | low |
Virro 2004 | low | low | low | low | low | low | low |
Wang 2014 | low | low | low | low | low | low | low |
Yilmaz 2010 | low | low | low | low | low | low | low |
* high risk for Comet, low risk for SCSA and TUNEL.