TABLE 3.
Assessment of Risk of Bias
| Year | Authors | Random sequence generation | Allocation concealment | Blinding | Incomplete outcome data | Selective reporting | Other bias |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Gabriels36 | High | High | High | Low | Low | High |
| 2003 | Sturm12 | High | High | High | High | High | High |
| 2005 | Abelson46 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | High |
| 2006 | Rauch32 | High | High | High | Low | Low | Low |
| 2006 | Greenberg18 | High | High | High | Low | Low | Low |
| 2008 | Guehl47 | High | High | High | Low | Low | High |
| 2008 | Mallet48 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| 2010 | Huff43 | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Uncertain |
| 2010 | Greenberg41 | High | High | High | Low | Low | High |
| 2010 | Goodman1 | Uncertain | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| 2010 | Denys29 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | High |
| 2012 | Roh42 | High | High | High | Low | Low | Low |
| 2013 | Jimenez50 | High | High | High | Low | High | Low |
| 2014 | Nair52 | High | High | High | Low | Low | High |
| 2014 | Tsai33 | High | High | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| 2015 | Mantione38 | High | High | High | Low | Low | Low |
| 2016 | Hartmann37 | High | High | High | Low | Low | Low |
| 2016 | Maarouf51 | High | High | High | Low | Low | High |
| 2016 | Luyten30 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| 2018 | Farrand44 | High | High | High | Low | Low | High |
| 2018 | Barcia34 | Uncertain | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| 2019 | Tyagi28 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| 2019 | Huys39 | High | High | High | Low | Low | Low |
| 2019 | Baldermann40 | High | High | High | Low | Low | Low |
| 2019 | Liebrand35 | High | High | High | Low | Low | Uncertain |
| 2019 | Lee17 | High | High | High | Low | Low | Low |
| 2019 | Park45 | High | High | High | Low | Low | High |
| 2019 | Polosan49 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Uncertain | Uncertain |