Table 2.
Country of origin, and evidence and quality rating of reviewed articles
| Authors | Country of origin | Type of paper | OCEBM rating | NHI-SQAT rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggelides et al., 2020 [10] | Greece | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Arfiani et al., 2019 [6] | Indonesia | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Bieck et al., 2020 [11] | Germany | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Borsting et al., 2020 [12] | US | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Chowdhury et al., 2020 [13] | US | Clinical (PCS) | II | good |
| Chowdhury et al., 2019 [14] | US | Clinical (PCS) | II | Good |
| Hasid et al., 1997 [15] | Belgium | Clinical (PCS) | II | Fair |
| Dimauro et al., 2019 [16] | Italy | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Dimauro et al., 2020a [17] | Italy | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Dimauro et al., 2020b [18] | Italy | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Dorfman et al., 2020 [19] | US | Clinical (CS) | IV | Good |
| Kannan et al., 2020 [20] | India | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Farhidzadeh et al., 2016 [21] | US | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Fujima et al., 2019 [22] | Japan | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Girdler et al., 2021 [23] | US/South Korea | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Huang et al., 2020 [24] | Australia | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Humphries et al., 2020 [25] | US | Clinical (RCS) | III | Good |
| Jeon et al., 2021 [26] | South Korea | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Jung et al., 2021 [27] | South Korea | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Kim et al., 2019a [28] | South Korea | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Kim et al., 2019b [4] | South Korea | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Kim et al., 2021 [2] | South Korea | Clinical (PCS) | II | Fair |
| Kuwana et al., 2021 [29] | Japan | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Lamassoure et al., 2021 [3] | France | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Laura et al., 2019 [30] | Germany | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Lötsch et al., 2021 [31] | Germany | Clinical (PCS) | II | Good |
| Murata et al., 2019 [32] | Japan | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Neves et al., 2021 [33] | US | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Parmar et al., 2020 [34] | Australia | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Parsel et al., 2021 [35] | US | clinical (PCS) | II | good |
| Putri et al., 2021 [36] | Indonesia | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Quinn et al., 2015 [37] | US | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Ramkumar et al., 2017 [38] | US | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Soloviev et al., 2020 [39] | Russia | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Staartjes et al., 2021 [40] | Switzerland | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Thorwarth et al., 2021 [41] | US | Clinical (RCS) | III | good |
| Wirasati et al., 2020 [42] | Indonesia | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Wu et al., 2020 [43] | China | Technical | N/A | N/A |
| Wu et al., 2021 [44] | China | Clinical (RCS) | III | fair |
PCS prospective cohort study, RCS retrospective cohort study, OCEBM Oxford centre for evidence-based medicine, N/A not available, NHI-SQAT National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Study Quality Assessment Tool