Table 4. | Quality assessment of the included studies for potential risk of bias |
Study |
Random selection in the population |
Definition of inclusion and exclusion criteria |
Report of losses to follow-up |
Validated measurements |
Statistical analysis |
Risk of bias |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Altiparmak et al. [18] | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | High |
González-García et al. [21] | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | High |
Garcez-Filho et al. [22] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Moderate |
Santagata et al. [23] | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | High |
Albanese et al. [24] | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | High |
Each study was categorized as low, moderate or high risk of bias. |