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. 2022 Aug 3;19(1):474–504. doi: 10.1080/15502783.2022.2104130

Table 4.

Overall quality judgment of each study assessed by the ROBINS-I tool.

Author Overall Risk of Bias Judgment* Main Sources of Bias
Arquer et al. [44] Serious No control group
High drop-out rate
Limited participant information
Baar [45] Serious One participant
Farup et al. [42] Low Small study population
Hjerrild et al. [31] Serious Cross-sectional design
Incomprehensive exposure assessment
Not all confounders were taken into account
Jain, et al. [29] Moderate/Serious Small study population
Participant-reported outcome
Incomplete follow-up
Owens et al. [30] Moderate Not all confounders were taken into account
Only severe cases were identified
Inappropriate statistical adjustments
Passaretti et al. [33] Serious Potential of selection bias
Potential for underreporting of alcohol consumption
Rechardt et al. [32] Moderate Cross-sectional design
Data of association not shown
Schneider et al. [46] Critical Small study population
Selection bias
No quantification and qualification of exposure
Single participant-reported outcome measure
Vitali et al [43]. Moderate No placebo
Mainly participant-reported outcomes

*Possible judgments are: Low, Moderate, Serious, Critical