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. 2017 Apr 14;114(15):255–262. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2017.0255

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