Table 3. Risk assessment of the included studies of this systematic review.
First author | Were adequate eligibility criteria developed and applied? | Was the measurement of both exposure and outcomes adequate? | Was confounding adequately controlled for? | Was the follow-up complete and adequate in duration? | Are reports of the study free of suggestion of selective outcome reporting? | Was the study free of other problems that put it at a high risk of bias? | Risk of bias |
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Bidard [33] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low |
De Albuquerque [34] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low |
Effenberger [35] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low |
Hoffmann [36] | Yes | No | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Yes | High |
Hu [37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low |
Juhl [38] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low |
Khoja [39] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low |
Klos [40] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | High |
Kurihara [41] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low |
Rehders [42] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | High |
Roder [43] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | High |
Sergeant [44] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low |
Soeth [45] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low |
van Heek [46] | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | High |
Vogel [47] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Low |
Zhang [48] | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | High |