Table 2.
Author | Were the criteria for inclusion in the study clearly defined? | Were the study subjects and the setting described in detail? | Was the exposure measured in a valid and reliable way? | Were objective; standard criteria used for measurement of the condition | Were confounding factors identified? | Were strategies to deal with confounding factors stated | Were the outcomes measured in a valid and reliable way? | Was appropriate statistical analysis used? | Overall appraisal |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chen et al. (2019) 30 | + | ? | + | + | + | − | + | + | Include |
Chen et al. (2017) 31 | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | Include |
He et al. (2020) 32 | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | Include |
He et al. (2020) 33 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | Include |
Hinkley et al. (2020) 34 | + | ? | + | + | + | + | + | + | Include |
Hofmann et al. (2015) 35 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | Include |
Khanal et al. (2021) 36 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | Include |
Kim et al. (2016) 37 | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | Include |
Lim et al. (2019) 38 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | Include |
Lustosa et al. (2017) 39 | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | − | Include |
Ma et al. (2021) 40 | + | + | + | + | − | − | ? | + | Include |
Mafi et al. (2018) 41 | − | − | + | + | − | − | + | − | Exclude |
Nabuco et al. (2019) 42 | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | Include |
Negaresh et al. (2019) 43 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | Include |
Pietrangelo et al. (2009) 44 | ? | + | + | + | − | − | + | − | Exclude |
Ratkevicius et al. (2011) 45 | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | Include |
Rossi et al. (2020) 46 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | Include |
Sanada et al. (2010) 47 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | Include |
Sanada et al. (2012) 48 | + | + | ? | ? | + | + | + | − | Include |
Seo et al. (2020) 49 | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | Include |
Tay et al. (2018) 50 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | Include |
Vezzoli et al. (2019) 51 | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | + | Include |