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. 2020 May 12;12(5):1390. doi: 10.3390/nu12051390

Table 2.

Quality assessment of all included studies.

Reference Selection Bias Study Design Confounders Data Collection Method Withdrawals Global
[34] 1 1 3 3 3 Weak
[4] 1 1 3 3 3 Weak
[35] 1 1 3 3 3 Weak
[36] 2 1 3 3 3 Moderate
[46] 1 2 3 3 3 Moderate
[10] 1 1 3 3 3 Weak
[48] 1 2 3 3 3 Moderate
[45] 1 2 3 3 3 Moderate
[17] 1 1 3 3 3 Weak
[21] 1 1 3 3 3 Weak
[37] 1 1 3 3 3 Weak
[38] 1 1 3 3 3 Weak
[52] 3 2 3 3 3 Strong
[39] 1 1 3 3 3 Weak
[9] 2 1 3 3 3 Moderate
[40] 1 3 3 3 3 Moderate
[41] 1 2 3 3 3 Moderate
[6] 1 3 3 3 3 Moderate
[2] 1 3 3 3 3 Moderate
[49] 3 2 3 3 3 Strong
[42] 1 3 3 3 3 Moderate
[51] 2 2 3 3 3 Strong
[43] 1 3 3 3 3 Moderate
[44] 2 2 3 3 3 Moderate
[11] 1 1 3 3 3 Weak
[50] 1 1 3 3 3 Weak
[24] 2 3 3 3 3 Strong
[47] 1 2 3 3 3 Moderate

Note. 1, weak; 2, moderate; 3, strong.