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Table 1.

Critical appraisal table of methodological quality of included studies.

	Objective Stated	Appropriate Study Design	Basic Information About Specimens/Participants	Conditions Of Specimens	Study Protocol Clearly Stated	Exposure Accurately Measured	Outcome Accurately Measured	Results Presented Thoroughly	Stats Appropriate	Limitations/Confounding Factors Discussed	Clinical Implications Discussed	Conclusion In Keeping With Results	Results Fit With Other Studies
Senavongse²¹2005	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Philipott¹⁵2012	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Brunet¹³ 2003	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Yamada¹⁴2007	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Goh²⁶ 1995	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Raimondo²⁷1998	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Balcarek³⁴2013	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Conlan¹⁹1993	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Desio²⁰1998	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hautmaa²⁵1998	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mountney²⁴2005	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Burks²³ 1997	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
V. Kampen¹⁶1990	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Munro³⁵ 2012	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Diederichs³¹2013	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Kan³⁰ 2009	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sakai³² 1994	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Farahmand²²1998	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Heegard³¹ 1994	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Nagamine³³1995	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Hefzy¹⁷1992	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓
Farahmand²⁸2004	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Zaffagnini¹²2013	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Farahmand²⁹1998	✓	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓