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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Autism Spectr Disord. 2017 Mar 25;38:6–18. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2017.03.004

Table 2. Quality assessment.

Appropriate selection and description of participants

  1. Was there a clear description of participants?

  2. Was a diagnosis checked by further assessments?

  3. Were controls involved in the study?

Appropriate outcome measures

  • 4. Was there a clear description of the outcomes measured in the study?

Appropriate statistical analysis

  • 5. Were all the statistical measures described clearly?

Consideration of confounding factors

  • 6. Were confounding factors taken into account?

Appropriate discussion of implications and limitations

  • 7. Was a clear discussion considering implications and limitations of the study presented in the article?