Table 4. Summary of bias for the included studies.
Study number | Study design | Sampling bias | Random allocation | Blinding | Comparability of groups | Detection bias | Incomplete outcome data | Selective reporting |
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1 | NA | |||||||
2 | NA | |||||||
3 | NA | |||||||
4 | NA | |||||||
5 | NA | |||||||
6 | NA | |||||||
7 | NA | |||||||
8 | NA | |||||||
9 | NA | |||||||
10 | NA | |||||||
11 | NA | |||||||
12 | NA | |||||||
13 | NA |
Red denotes a high risk of bias, yellow, medium, and green, a low risk of bias. NA (not applicable) refers to measures which do not apply to the study due to its design.