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. 2022 Aug 24;158(11):1254–1261. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.3516

Table 2. Summary of Risk of Bias Assessment.

Source Cohort studiesa
Representativeness of exposed group Selection of nonexposed group Ascertainment of exposure Outcome of interest not present at start of study Comparability of cohort Assessment of outcome Was follow-up long enough for outcomes to occur? Adequacy of follow-up of cohorts
Meyers et al,21 2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Schneeweiss et al,22 2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Source Randomized clinical trialsb
Bias arising from the randomization process Bias because of deviations from intended interventions Bias because of missing outcome data Bias in measurement of the outcome Bias in selection of the reported result
Bieber et al,23 2021 Low Low Low Low Low
Blauvelt et al,24 2021 Low Low Low Low Low
Blauvelt et al,25 2022 Low Low Low Some concerns Low
Eichenfield et al,26 2021 Low Low Low Low Low
Gooderham et al,27 2019 Low Low Low Some concerns Low
Guttman-Yassky et al,28 2020 Low Low Low Some concerns Low
Guttman-Yassky et al,29 2021 Low Low Low Low Low
Katoh et al,30 2022 Low Low Low Some concerns Low
Reich et al,31 2020 Low Low Low Low Low
Reich et al,32 2021 Low Low Low Low Low
Silverberg et al,33 2020 Low Low Low Low Low
Simpson et al,34 2020 (Simpson 2020a) Low Low Low Low Low
Simpson et al,35 2020 (Simpson 2020b) Low Low Low Low Low
Simpson et al,36 2021 Low Low Low Low Low
Zhao et al,37 2021 Low Low Low Some concerns Low
a

Risk of bias assessed by the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. In each domain, 1 corresponds to low risk of bias and 0 corresponds to high risk of bias. Studies with a total score (namely the sum score of all domains) of 7 or more points were considered high-quality studies.

b

Risk of bias assessed by the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool (RoB, version 2.0).