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. 2020 Oct 21;35(4):1754–1767. doi: 10.1002/ptr.6908

TABLE 3.

Assessment of risk of bias for randomized controlled trials

Study ID A B C D E F
Peng (2010) Probably low Probably low Probably high Low Probably high Low
Yan et al. (2012) Probably low Probably low Probably high Probably low Probably high Low
Song et al. (2013) Probably low Probably low Probably high Low Probably high Low
Ma et al. (2014) Low Probably low Probably high Probably low Probably high Low
Wang et al. (2014) Low Probably low Probably high Low Probably high Low
Li et al. (2015) Probably low Probably low Probably high Low Probably high Low
Wei (2017) Probably low Probably low Probably high Low Probably high Low
Ma et al. (2018) Low Probably low Probably high Low Probably high Low
Zhang et al. (2018) Low Probably low Probably high Low Probably high Low
Li et al. (2018) Low Low Low Probably low Probably high Low
Liu et al. (2019) Probably low Probably low Probably high Probably low Probably high Low
Han (2019) Low Probably low Probably high Probably low Probably high Low

Note: “A” was the allocation sequence adequately generated?; “B” was the allocation adequately concealed?; “C” blinding was knowledge of the allocated interventions adequately prevented?; “D” was loss to follow‐up (missing outcome data) infrequent?; “E” are reports of the study free of selective outcome reporting?; “F” was the study apparently free of other problems that could put it at a risk of bias?; Low, low risk of bias; Probably low, Probably low risk of bias; Probably high, Probably high risk of bias.