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. 2020 Jul 17;18(6):e72–e77. doi: 10.1016/j.surge.2020.06.016

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