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. 2018 May 3;44:49. doi: 10.1186/s13052-018-0487-8

Table 4.

Assessment of risk of bias in RCT (from BLISS population)

Study (outcomes) Randomization Allocation concealment Blinding of participants Blinding of personnel Blinding of assessors Follow-up Selective reporting Other
Fangupo et al. 2016 (risk of choking) [27] Low risk High risk High risk Low risk High risk High risk (loss 12% and 15.5% at 6 and 11 months; ITT not performed) Low risk Sample size not defined for primary outcome. Outcomes self-reported
Taylor et al. 2017 (BMI, eating behavior, energy intake) [32] Low risk High risk High risk Low risk High risk High risk (loss 14% and 21.5% at 12 and 24 months; ITT not performed) Low risk (but only few secondary outcomes reported from the original protocol) Self-reporting of secondary outcomes