Table 5.
Study | Bias due to confounding | Bias in selection of participants into the study | Bias in classification of interventions | Bias due to missing data | Bias in measurement of outcomes | Bias in selection of the reported result | Overall bias |
Curet 199644 | Serious | Low | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Moderate |
Gurbuz 199722 | Serious | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Conron 199943 | Serious | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Affleck 199916 | Serious | Low | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Moderate |
Lyass 200125 | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Carver 200517 | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
McGory 200726 | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Upadhyay 200730 | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Kirshtein 200923 | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Sadot 200928 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Corneille 201020 | Serious | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
de Bakker 201133 | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Eom 201234 | Serious | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Kapan 201335 | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Moderate | Moderate |
Chung 201319 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Peled 201427 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Cheng 201518 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Cox 201621 | Moderate | Low | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Moderate |
Laustsen 201624 | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
Segev 201629 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Winter 201731 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Yoo 201632 | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Moderate |
Karaman 201636 | Low | Moderate | Low | Low | Low | Moderate | Moderate |