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. 2019 Sep 20;16(2):426–435. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1656481

Table 5.

Risk of bias summary.

  Denny 201328 Toft 20144 Hidalgo‑Tenorio 201731 Levin 201034 Wilkin 201839
Random sequence generation (selection bias) graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i001.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i002.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i003.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i004.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i005.gif
Allocation concealment (selection bias) graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i006.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i007.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i008.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i009.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i010.gif
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i011.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i012.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i013.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i014.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i015.gif
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i016.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i017.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i018.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i019.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i020.gif
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i021.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i022.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i023.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i024.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i025.gif
Selective reporting bias (reporting bias) graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i026.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i027.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i028.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i029.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i030.gif
Other bias graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i031.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i032.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i033.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i034.gif graphic file with name khvi-16-02-1656481-i035.gif

Inline graphic low risk; Inline graphic high risk; Inline graphic unclear risk