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. 2018 Jun;6(11):206. doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.05.41

Table 3. Risk of bias in included studies.

Trial ID Sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding of participants and personnel Blinding of outcome assessors Incomplete outcome data Selective outcome reporting Other source of bias Industry sponsorship
Nakamura/1999 Unclear Unclear High Unclear Unclear Unclear Low Unclear
Nemoto/2001 Unclear Unclear High Unclear Unclear Unclear Low Unclear
Suzuki/2002 Unclear Unclear High Unclear Unclear Low Low Unclear
Vincent/2005 Low Low High Unclear Low Unclear Low Unclear
Cruz/2009 Low Low High Low Low Low Low Yes
Payen/2015 Low Low High Low Low Low High Yes
Srisawat/2016 Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Low Low Unclear Unclear