Table 4.
Risk of bias in each study as assessed using the ROBINS-I risk of bias tool.
| Year | Author | Bias due to confounding | Bias in selection of participants into study | Bias in classification of exposures | Bias due to deviation from exposures | Bias due to missing data | Bias in measurement of outcomes | Bias in selection of the reported result | Overall risk of bias |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Swachuk | Low | No information | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| 1990 | Ferenczy | No information | No information | Low | Low | Low | Moderate | Low | No information |
| 1990 | Ferenczy | Low | No information | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | No information |
| 1994 | Sood | Low | No information | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| 1995 | Gloster | Low | No information | Low | Low | Low | Moderate | Low | No information |
| 2011 | Weyandt | Low | No information | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| 2016 | Kwak | Low | No information | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| 2018 | Neurmann | Low | No information | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| 2019 | Zhou | Low | No information | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |