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. 2020 May;8(10):628. doi: 10.21037/atm-20-3312

Table 3. Risk of bias in the included studies.

Study Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Item 6 Item 7 Item 8 Item 9 Item 10
Chen 2020 (9) Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Zhong 2020 (10) Yes No No Yes UN Yes UN Yes Yes Yes
Zheng 2020 (11) No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes UN
Qi 2020 (12) Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes UN
Zhu 2020 (13) No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes UN
Yang 2020 (14) No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes UN
Song 2003 (15) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No
Zhang 2004 (16) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Chan 2007 (17) Yes No Yes Yes UN Yes Yes Yes Yes
Du 2009 (18) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gautret 2013 (19) Yes UN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bener 2004 (20) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sahin 2015 (21) Yes UN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jardine 2015 (22) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes UN
Alqahtani 2016 (23) Yes UN Yes Yes UN Yes Yes Yes
Huang 2016 (24) Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Alhomoud 2017 (25) Yes No No Yes Yes Yes UN
Bawazir 2018 (26) Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Migault 2019 (27) Yes No No Yes UN Yes
Zhu 2004 (28) Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Zhong 2004 (29) Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Alqahtani 2017 (30) Yes Yes Yes UN UN Yes UN Yes Yes Yes
Almutairi 2015 (31) UN Yes Yes Yes UN Yes UN Yes Yes Yes
Al-Mohrej 2016 (32) Yes Yes Yes Yes UN Yes UN Yes Yes Yes

1, Sample representativeness; 2, sampling method; 3, sample size; 4, study subjects and setting; 5, coverage of the identified sample; 6, using of standardized criteria for the measurement; 7. reliability of the measurement; 8, appropriateness of the statistical analysis; 9, confounding factors/subgroups/differences; 10, objectiveness of the criteria of subpopulations. UN, unknown; —, not applicable.