Table 2.
Study | Bias due to confounding | Bias due to the selection of participants | Bias due to exposure assessment | Bias due to misclassification during follow-up | Bias due to missing data | Bias due to measurement of the outcome | Bias due to selective reporting of the results | Overall judgment |
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Hintikka et al. (34) | Serious | Low | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Kendler et al. (35) | Serious | Low | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Niu et al. (36) | Moderate | Low | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Ruusunen et al. (37) | Serious | Low | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Smith (38) | Serious | Low | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Chen et al. (39) | Serious | Low | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Lucas et al. (40) | Serious | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Serious | Low | Serious |
Feng et al. (41) | Serious | Low | Serious | Moderate | No information | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Feng et al. (42) | Serious | Low | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Pham et al. (43) | Serious | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Tsai et al. (44) | Serious | Low | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Park and Moon (45) | Serious | Low | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Omagari et al. (36) | Serious | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Guo et al. (46) | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate |
Ritchie et al. (47) | Serious | Low | Serious | Low | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Taher et al. (48) | Serious | Moderate | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Li et al. (49) | Serious | Low | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Chanda et al. (50) | Serious | Low | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Yu et al. (51) | Serious | Low | Serious | Moderate | No information | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Kim et al. (52) | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Serious | Low | Serious |
Navarro et al. (53) | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate |
Pogoda et al. (54) | Serious | Low | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Iranpour et al. (55) | Serious | Low | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Kimura et al. (56) | Serious | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Ángeles Pérez-Ara et al. (57) | Serious | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Ng et al. (58) | Serious | Low | Serious | Low | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Kromhout et al. (59) | Serious | Serious | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Safarini et al. (60) | Serious | Serious | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |
Yao et al. (61) | Serious | Low | Serious | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Low | Serious |