eTable. Risk of bias in the studies identified in the systematic review and included in the meta-analysis.
Study | Confounding factors |
Selection bias | Documentation of the intervention |
Variant intervention |
Missing data | Documentation of the outcome |
Publication bias |
Overall risk of bias |
Yung et al. (26) | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ |
Escolano et al. (27) | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | ? | ++ | ++ |
Carlin et al. (34) | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ |
Pérez-Vilar et al. (28) |
+ * | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | + |
Yih et al. (29) | + * | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | + |
Velázquez et al. (30) |
++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ |
Patel et al. (18) | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ |
Haber et al. (31) | + * | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | + |
Haber et al. (32) | + * | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | + |
Stowe et al. (33) | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ |
++ low risk; + moderate risk; ? no information;
* only vaccinated infants. not adjusted