1. Quality assessment of included studies.
TRIAL | Selection bias | Performance bias | Detection bias | Attrition bias |
AGIS | A | D | A | A |
Bergea 1992 | A | D | A | A |
Blyth 1999 | B | D | B | A |
Brancato 1991 | B | D | A | A |
Chung 1998 | A | D | B | A |
Damji 1999 | A | D | B | A |
Elsas 1989 | B | D | B | B |
EMGT | A | D | A | A |
Gandolfi 2005 | B | D | B | A |
GLT | A | D | A | A |
Grayson 1993 | B | D | C | C |
Grayson 1994 | B | D | C | C |
Hugkulstone 1990 | B | D | A | C |
Moorfields PTT | A | D | A | B |
Moriarty 1988 | B | D | C | A |
Rouhiainen 1988 | A | D | C | B |
Sherwood 1987 | A | D | A | A |
Smith 1984 | B | D | B | B |
Watson 1984 | A | D | C | C |