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. 2020 Mar;12(3):504–521. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2020.01.03

Table 2. Risk of bias for included studies.

Study Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding of participants and personnel Blinding of outcome assessment Incomplete outcome assessment Selective reporting Other bias
Zhu 2018 (10) Low Low Low Unclear Low Low High
Pan 2018 (33) Low Unclear Unclear Unclear Low Low Low
Polkey 2018 (32) Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Low Low Low
Ni 2017 (35) Low Unclear Unclear Unclear Low Low Low
Ren 2017 (34) High High Unclear Unclear Low Low Low
Ng 2014 (36) Low Low Unclear Low Low Low Low
Zhang 2014 (38) Low Unclear Unclear Unclear Low Low Low
Niu 2014 (37) Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Chan 2013 (39) Low Low Low Low High Low Low
Leung 2013 (40) Low Low Low Low Low Low Low
Chan 2013 (41) Low Low Unclear Unclear High Low Low
Du 2013 (42) Low Unclear Unclear Unclear Low Low Low
Du 2013 (43) Unclear Unclear Unclear Unclear Low Low Low
Chan 2011 (44) Low Low Unclear Low Low Low Low
Yeh 2010 (8) Low Unclear Unclear Low Low Low Low
Zhou 2009 (45) Unclear Unclear Low Low Low Low Low