Table 2.
Risk of bias of included studies.
Studies | Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) | Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) | Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) | Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Other bias |
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Abd-Elgawad et al | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk |
Ferreira et al. | Low risk | Unclear risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk |
Sharma et al. | Low risk | Low risk | High risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear risk |
Zhang et al. | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear risk |
Glass et al. | Low risk | Unclear risk | High risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear risk |
Romano-Keeler et al. | High risk | High risk | High risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear risk |
Sohn et al. | Unclear risk | Low risk | High risk | High risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear risk |
Lee et al. | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk | Low risk |
Rodriguez et al. | Unclear risk | Unclear risk | Unclear risk | Unclear risk | Low risk | Low risk | Unclear risk |