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. 2023 Jan 10;9:1084455. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1084455

TABLE 2.

Risk of bias assessment.

Studies Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Selective reporting Other sources of bias Blinding (participants and personnel) Blinding (outcome assessment) Incomplete outcome data *General risk of bias
Freese et al. (52) L L H L L U L L
Maron et al. (74) L L L L L U L L
Kovacs et al. (36) L L H L U U L L
Fukino et al. (59) U U H H U U L U
Westerterp-Plantenga et al. (51) (A) U U H H L U H U
Westerterp-Plantenga et al. (51) (B) U U H H L U H U
Chan et al. (75) L U H L U U L L
Diepvens et al. (33) U U H L L U L U
Hill et al. (35) U L H L U U L U
Nagao et al. (40) L L H L L L L L
Fukino et al. (60) U U H L H H L U
Hsu et al. (34) L L H L L U L L
Brown et al. (30) L L H L L U L L
Nagao et al. (61) U L H L L U L U
Hursel and Westerterp-Plantenga, (50) (A) U L H L L U L U
Hursel et al. (50) (B) U L H L L U L U
Frank et al. (24) L L H H L U L L
Nantz et al. (49) U U H H L U H U
Mohammadi et al. (62) U L H L L U L U
Sone et al. (44) L L H L L U L L
Hsu et al. (63) L L H H L U L L
Brown et al. (31) L L H L L U H L
Basu et al. (82) L L H H H U H L
Bogdanski et al. (77) L L H H L U L L
Suliburska et al. (41) L U H H L U H L
Wu et al. (43) (A) L L H H L U L L
Wu et al. (43) (B) L L H H L U L L
Miyazaki et al. (39) L U H L U U L L
Fukuzawa et al. (79) L U H H U U H L
Lasaite et al. (64) U L H H L U L U
Mielgo-Ayuso et al. (38) L L H H L L L L
Liu et al. (65) U L H H L U L U
Mirzaei et al. (72) U U H H L U L U
Chen et al. (32) L L H L L U L L
Dostal et al. (45) L L H L L U L L
Dostal et al. (46) L L H L L U L L
Borges et al. (66) L L H H L U H L
Lee et al. (83) L L H L L U H L
Lu and Hsu, (37) L L H H L H L L
Samavat et al. (53) L L H L L L H L
Nogueira et al. (78) L U H H L U H L
Mombaini et al. (76) U U H L L U L U
Kafeshani et al. (47) U L H L L U H U
Tabatabaee et al. (80) L U H H L U L L
Rostamian and Bijeh, (55) U U H H U U L U
Hussain et al. (81) L U H H H H H L
de Amorim et al. (70) L L H L L L L L
Amozadeh et al. (54) U L H L H U L U
Tadayon et al. (42) L H H H L U H L
Zandi Dareh Gharibi et al. (67) U U H H H U L U
Hosseini et al. (71) (A) L L H L L U L L
Hosseini et al. (71) (B) L L H L L U L L
Maeda-Yamamoto et al. (48) (A) L L H H L L H L
Maeda-Yamamoto et al. (48) (B) L L H H L L H L
Huang et al. (73) L L H H L U L L
Azizbeigi et al. (129) U U H L U U H U
Sobhani et al. (68) (A) L L H L L U L L
Sobhani et al. (68) (B) L L H L L U L L
Quezada-Fernández et al. (69) L L L H L U L L
Bagheri et al. (57) U L H L L U L U
Bagheri et al. (58) U L H L L U L U
Zhang et al. (56) L L H H L U H L
Bazyar et al. (130) L U H L L U L L

L, low risk of bias; H, high risk of bias; U, unclear risk of bias.

*General low risk < 2 high risk, General moderate risk = 2 high risk, General high risk > 2 high risk.