Table 3. | Risk of bias at the selected studies |
Study | Year of publication | Adequate sequence generation? | Allocation concealment? |
Blinding? All outcomes |
Incomplete outcome data addressd? |
Risk of bias |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lekovic et al. [12] | 1998 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Iasella et al. [21] | 2003 | High | Low | Unclear | Unclear | High |
Meloni et al. [45] | 2015 | Low | Low | Low | Unclear | Low |
Perelman-Karmon et al. [46] | 2012 | Low | Low | Unclear | Unclear | Low |
Nam et al. [47] | 2010 | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | High | High |
Barone et al. [48] | 2008 | High | Low | Low | Unclear | High |
Low = low risk of bias; Unclear = unclear risk of bias; High = high risk of bias. |