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Chou et al. (2014) [20]

Pestana et al. (2010) [21]

Castellanos-Ortega et al. (2010) [32]

Patel et al. (2010) [33]

Shiramizo et al. (2011) [34]

Cardoso et al. (2010) [35]

Herrán-Monge et al. (2017) [36]

Lefrant et al. (2010) [37]

Leisman et al. (2017) [38]

Memon et al. (2012) [39]

Miller III et al. (2013) [40]

Sánchez et al. (2017) [41]

Thompson et al. (2016) [42]

van Zanten et al. (2014) [43]

Uvizl et al. (2016) [44]

Ferrer et al. (2009) [45]

Question/objective sufficiently described?

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

Study design evident and appropriate?

2

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

2

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

Method of subject/comparison group selection or source of

information/input variables described and appropriate?

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

1

2

Subject (and comparison group, if applicable) characteristics

sufficiently described?

1

2

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

If interventional and random allocation was possible,

was it described?

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

If interventional and blinding of investigators was possible,

was it reported?

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

1

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

If interventional and blinding of subjects was possible,

was it reported?

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Outcome and (if applicable) exposure measure(s) well defined

and robust to measurement/misclassify cation bias?

Means of assessment reported?

2

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

2

1

2

2

2

Sample size appropriate?

0

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Analytic methods described/justified and appropriate?

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1