TABLE A3.

MINORS Scores by Study^a

First Author	Clearly Stated Aim	Inclusion of Consecutive Patients	Prospective Data Collection	Endpoints Appropriate to Aim of Study	Unbiased Assessment of Study Endpoint	Follow-up Period Appropriate to Aim of Study	<5% Loss to Follow-up	Prospective Calculation of Sample Size	Adequate Control Group	Contemporary Groups	Baseline Equivalence of Groups	Adequate Statistical Analyses	Total
Ogut61	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0					7
Dekker12	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Karnovsky35	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	16
DeSandis13	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0					6
Pagliazzi62	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					7
Sadlik74	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	18
Vuurberg96	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0					10
Ogilvie-Harris58	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Bonnin6	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					7
Kumai43	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0					4
Ogilvie-Harris59	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0					4
Ogilvie-Harris60	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					6
Draper17	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	14
Savva75	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Ferkel20	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Ventura94	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Dunlap18	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0					6
van Bergen88	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Kramer41	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Lee47	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Reilingh69	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	22
van Eekeren92	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Kumai44	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0					4
Schuh77	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Kim38	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Sun85	1	2	2	2	0	2	0	0					9
Guney26	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0					10
Hankemeier29	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					6
Murphy54	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	0					12
Saxena76	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	0					12
Domayer15	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0					7
Rosenberger72	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0					3
Lee46	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	0					7
Haasper27	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0					7
Valderrabano86	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0					6
Hangody28	0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0					8
Kennedy36	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0					3
Paul63	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Pearce64	0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0					8
Hu32	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Leumann48	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0					10
Petersen65	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	0					9
Ahmad1	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	18
Fraser21	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					6
Hintermann31	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0					10
Zhu98	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Kim39	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Gautier22	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0					4
Baums4	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0					6
Giannini23	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0					10
Giannini24	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0					6
Aurich3	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	0					12
Magnan51	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					6
Coetzee9	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0					5
Nehrer55	1	2	2	2	0	2	0	0					9
Valderrabano87	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0					10
Kubosch42	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8
Gottschalk25	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0					10
Clanton8	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0					6
Richter71	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	0					9
Ettinger19	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0					8

^aMINORS, Methodological Index for Non-Randomized Studies.