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. 2019 Apr 20;9(4):e025790. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025790

Table 3.

QUADAS-2 results

Author (year) Risk of bias Applicability concerns
Patient selection Index test Reference standard Flow and timing Patient selection Index test Reference standard
Within-patient case-control studies
 Yeom et al 27 (2008) graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf05.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf04.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf14.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf10.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf01.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf11.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf03.jpg
 North et al 32 (1996) graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf17.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf15.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf07.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf06.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf02.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf13.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf29.jpg
Diagnostic cohort studies
 Sasso et al 31 (2005) graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf09.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf19.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf26.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf23.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf20.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf28.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf16.jpg
 Schutz et al 28 (1973) ? graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf32.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf08.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf18.jpg ? graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf27.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf12.jpg
 Dooley et al 29 (1988) graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf22.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf21.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf24.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf35.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf31.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf34.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf33.jpg
 Williams et al 30 (2015) graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf25.jpg ? graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf36.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf40.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf38.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf37.jpg graphic file with name bmjopen-2018-025790ilf41.jpg

Inline graphic, low risk/concern; Inline graphic, high risk/concern; ?, unclear risk/concern.