Table 2.
Risk of bias of the included studies.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhang [24] | U | Y | U | Y | U | U | U | Y | Y | U |
| Zhang [25] | U | U | U | Y | U | U | U | Y | Y | U |
| Yang and Cheng [26] | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Y | Y | U |
| Qin and Yan [27] | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Y | Y | U |
| Sun et al. [28] | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Y | Y | U |
| Liu et al. [29] | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | N | Y | U |
| Guo [30] | U | Y | U | U | U | U | U | N | Y | U |
| Bai [31] | U | Y | U | Y | U | U | U | U | Y | U |
| Zhang [32] | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | N | Y | U |
| Shu et al. [33] | U | U | U | Y | U | U | U | U | Y | U |
| Meng et al. [34] | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Y | Y | U |
Y, yes; N, no; U, unclear; (1) whether the allocation sequence adequately generated and applied; (2) whether the baselines are identical; (3) whether the allocation adequately concealed; (4) whether the animals were randomly placed during the experiment; (5) whether researchers were blinded; (6) whether the animals were selected at random for outcome assessment; (7) whether results evaluators are blinded; (8) whether incomplete data are reported; (9) whether the research report is irrelevant to the selective results report; (10) whether there is no other bias.