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. 2020 Nov 27;9:272. doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01528-x

Table 5.

Study design and study-level risk of bias, stratified by Abstrackr’s relevance predictions

Study characteristic N studies Correctly predicted as relevant, n (%) Incorrectly predicted as irrelevant, n (%) P valuea
Design
 Trial 483 438 (91) 45 (9) 0.0006
 Observational 214 169 (79) 45 (21)
 Mixed methods 2 2 (100) 0 (0)
 Qualitative 15 14 (93) 1 (7)
 Review 88 73 (83) 15 (17)
Risk of bias
 Low 120 96 (80) 24 (20) 0.039
 High or unclear 500 438 (88) 62 (12)

aFisher’s exact test