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. 2021 Mar 26;16(3):e0248775. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248775

Table 2. QUADAS-2 assessment of eligible studies.

Author, year Risk of bias Applicability concerns
Patient selection Index test Reference standard Flow and timing Patient selection Index test Reference standard
Bidard et al, 2019 [48] low low low unclear low low low
Sclafani et al, 2018 [49] low unclear low high low low low
Kang et al, 2020 [13] low unclear unclear high low low low
Kato et al, 2019 [19] low unclear unclear high low low low
Chang et al, 2018 [29] unclear high low unclear low low low
Garcia et al, 2018 [30] low low low low low low low
Wang et al, 2017 [31] unclear unclear low unclear low low low
Kidess-Sigal et al, 2016 [50] low unclear unclear unclear low low low
Kim et al, 2015 [32] low unclear low unclear low low low
Vessies et al, 2020 [33] low unclear low high low low low
Cao et al, 2020 [34] low unclear unclear unclear low low low
Gupta et al, 2020 [35] low low low unclear low low low
Kitagawa et al, 2019 [14] unclear unclear unclear unclear low low low
Galbiati et al, 2019 [51] low unclear low unclear low low low
Choi et al, 2019 [36] low low low unclear low low low
Liebs, et al, 2019 [18] unclear unclear unclear unclear low low low
Osumi et al, 2019 [37] low unclear unclear unclear low low low
Galbiati et al, 2019 [52] unclear unclear low low low low low
Takayama et al, 2018 [53] unclear unclear low unclear low low low
Yao et al, 2018 [38] low unclear low low low low low
Sun et al, 2018 [39] low low low low low low low
Normanno et al, 2018 [40] low unclear unclear unclear low low low
García-Foncillas et al, 2018 [41] unclear unclear low unclear low low low
Beije et al, 2016 [42] low low low low low low low
Sefrioui et al, 2017 [54] low unclear low high low low low
Grasselli et al, 2017 [43] low low low unclear low low low
Schmiegel et al, 2017 [44] low unclear unclear low low low low
Vidal et al, 2017 [45] low unclear low unclear low low low
Beranek et al, 2016 [47] unclear unclear unclear unclear low low low
Rachiglio et al, 2016 [46] low unclear unclear low low low low
Yamada et al, 2016 [55] low low low low low low low
Spindler et al, 2015 [20] low unclear unclear unclear low low low
Taly et al, 2013 [12] unclear unclear unclear unclear low low low