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. 2021 Aug 17;2021:3463434. doi: 10.1155/2021/3463434

Table 2.

Classification of the extracted articles according to the design of the study.

Study design Frequency (%)
Meta-analysis 5 0.32
Systematic reviews 200 12.85
Randomized controlled trials 103 6.62
Clinical trials 75 4.81
Cohort studies 16 1.02
Case-control studies 24 1.54
Cross-sectional studies 1005 64.55
Case reports 119 7.64
Case series 10 0.64
Total 1557 100