| • | low risk of bias (e.g. telephone or central randomisation; consecutively‐numbered sealed opaque envelopes) |
| • | high risk of bias (open random allocation; unsealed or non‐opaque envelopes, alternation; date of birth) |
| • | unclear risk of bias |
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