Brief Article
Copyright ©2010 Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2010; 16(20): 2558-2565
Published online May 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i20.2558
Table 1 Summary assessments of the risk of bias with studies
AuthorYrAdequate sequence generation?Allocation concealment?Blinding?Incomplete outcome data addressed?Free of other bias?Risk of bias
Andriulli et al[16]2008YesYesYesYesYesLow
Yüksel et al[17]2008YesYesUnclearYesYesLow
Hung et al[2]2007YesUnclearUnclearNoNoHigh
Lin et al[19]2006UnclearYesUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Cheng et al[21]2005UnclearYesYesYesUnclearLow
Dokas et al[9]2004UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclear
Chilovi et al[24]2003UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearHigh
Udd et al[8]2001YesYesYesYesUnclearLow
Schonekas et al[7]1999UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearHigh