Table 5.
Support for judgment of risk of bias per item and study. Incomplete outcome data, reporting bias, and other bias.
| Author, year | Incomplete outcome data | Reporting bias | Other bias |
| Brannon et al, 2017 [48] | High; High amount of missing data | Low; All outcomes reported | High; Compliance bias (use of incentives) |
| Chen et al, 2017 [49] | Unclear; Insufficient reporting of reasons for missing data | Low; All outcomes reported | High; Response bias (use of self-report), compliance bias (use of rewards) |
| Dewar et al, 2013 [50] | Low; Missing outcome data balanced and similar reasons across groups | Low; All outcomes reported | High; Response bias (use of self-report) |
| Dewar et al, 2014 [51] | Low; Missing outcome data balanced and similar reasons across groups | Low; All outcomes reported | High; Response bias (use of self-report) |
| Ermetici et al, 2016 [52] | Unclear; Insufficient reporting of reasons for missing data | Low; All outcomes reported | High; Response bias (use of self-report) |
| Lana et al, 2014 [60] | Unclear; Insufficient reporting of attrition, exclusions, and reasons | Low; All outcomes reported | High; Response bias (use of self-report) |
| Lau et al, 2012 [53] | Low; Missing outcome data balanced and similar reasons across groups | Low; All outcomes reported | High; Response bias (use of self-report), compliance bias (use of incentives) |
| Lubans et al, 2012 [54] | Low; Missing outcome data balanced and similar reasons across groups | Low; All outcomes reported | High; Response bias (use of self-report) |
| Mendoza et al, 2017 [55] | Low; Missing outcome data balanced and similar reasons across groups | Low; All outcomes reported | Low; Appears free of other sources of bias |
| Newton et al, 2009 [56] | Low; Missing outcome data balanced and similar reasons across groups | Low; All outcomes reported | High; Response bias (use of self-report) |
| Patrick et al, 2013 [57] | Unclear; Insufficient reporting of reasons for exclusions and dropouts | Low; All outcomes reported | High; Response bias (use of self-report) |
| Sirriyeh et al, 2010 [58] | Unclear; Insufficient reporting of reasons for exclusions and dropouts | High; Missing mean and SD of METa min at time point 1 | High; Response bias (use of self-report), analytical bias (removal of outliers) |
| Straker et al, 2014 [59] | Low; Missing outcome data balanced and similar reasons across groups | Low; All outcomes reported | Low; Appears free of other sources of bias |
aMET: metabolic equivalent.