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. 2018 Mar 13;9:302. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00302

Table 2.

Risk of bias summary of the randomized controlled trials and case–control studies included in the review (NS = not stated).

Reference Publication year Selectionbias Performancebias Detectionbias Attritionbias Reportingbias
Randomized controlled trials

Periodontitis

Gong et al. (18) 2013

Rhinosinusitis

Wallwork et al. (26) 2006

Asthma bronchiale

Cameron et al. (27) 2013 NS + +
He et al. (28) 2009 + NS NS NS +
Piacentini et al. (29) 2007 + +
Fonseca-Aten et al. (30) 2006 + +
Amayasu et al. (31) 2000 +
Kraft et al. (32) 2002  +   + 
Simpson et al. (33) 2008  + 
Wang et al. (34) 2012 + NS NS NS
Shoji et al. (35) 1999 + +

Bronchiectasis

Yalcin et al. (38) 2006 + NS NS +
Liu et al. (39) 2014 + + + +

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Parnham et al. (40) 2005 +
Banerjee et al. (41) 2004 +
He et al. (42) 2010 +

Cystic fibrosis

Ratjen et al. (50) 2012
Equi et al. (51) 2002 + +
Doğru et al. (52) 2009 +

Diabetic nephropathy
Tone et al. (60) 2011 + + +

Coronary atherosclerosis
Berg et al. (55) 2003 +

Healthy volunteers
Criqui et al. (57) 2000 +

Case–control studies

Blepharitis
Zhang et al. (16) 2015 + + +

Diffuse panbronchiolitis
Oda et al. (44) 1994 + + +
Kadota et al. (45) 1993 + + +
Katsuki et al. (46) 1996 + + +
Ichikawa et al. (47) 1992 + + +  + 
Sakito et al. (48) 1996 + + +
Umeki (49) 1993 + +