Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Quote: "The random sequence was generated online from the web site www.randomizer. org" |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Quote: "Each stratum had permuted, even‐numbered, randomly varying block sizes" |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) |
Low risk |
Quote: "The investigators, supervisors, caregivers, laboratory personnel, and statistician were blinded to the intervention" |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) |
Low risk |
Quote: "The investigators, supervisors, caregivers, laboratory personnel, and statistician were blinded to the intervention" |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) |
Low risk |
Minimal loss to follow up |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
Authors seem to report all the relevant outcomes |
Other bias |
Low risk |
No other risk of bias was noted |