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. 2018 Feb 22;8(2):e016589. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016589

Table 1.

Overview of studies and their outcome according to the items of the tool to rate quality, risk of bias and comparability

Brunnberg et al69 Canlon et al89 Davis et al67 Fujii et al44 Gallus et al72 Hoffman & Reed47 Kim et al48 Kirk et al21 Lasisi et al66 Lindgren et al65 Mahboubi et al85 Marmut et al68 McCormack et al49 Michikawa et al73 Nondahl et al6 Nondahl et al46 Nondahl et al45 Palmer et al62 Palmer et al7 Shargorodsky et al86 Sindhusake et al63 Sindhusake et al64
Definition of tinnitus
Phrasing of tinnitus assessment
Comparable classification of smoking status
Details of smoking classification
Adequate response rate ? ? ?
Adjusted for age
Adjusted for other variables
No tinnitus as reference ? ? ✔/✗* ✔/✗† ? ? ✔/?‡
Never-smokers as reference ? ? ?
Precise data provided

*For any tinnitus: ✔; for frequent tinnitus: ✗.

†or transient and persistent tinnitus: ✔; for bothersome tinnitus: ✗.

‡For any tinnitus: ✔; for frequent tinnitus: not indicated.