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Table 4 Risk of Bias Classification

From: Effect of stem cell treatment on functional recovery of spinocerebellar ataxia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Risk of Bias

High Risk

Low Risk

Uncertain Risk

Random sequence generation

Dongmei et al., 2011 [19]

Jin et al., 2013 [20]

Tsai et el., 2017 [21]

None

None

Allocation concealment

Dongmei et al., 2011 [19]

Jin et al., 2013 [20]

Tsai et el., 2017 [21]

None

None

Blinding of participants and professionals

Dongmei et al., 2011 [19]

Jin et al., 2013 [20]

Tsai et el., 2017 [21]

None

None

Blinding of outcome evaluators

None

Dongmei et al., 2011 [19]

Jin et al., 2013 [20]

Tsai et el., 2017 [21]

Incomplete outcomes data

None

Dongmei et al., 2011 [19]

Jin et al., 2013 [20]

Tsai et el., 2017 [21]

None

Selective outcome reporting

None

Dongmei et al., 2011 [19]

Jin et al., 2013 [20]

Tsai et el., 2017 [21]

None

  1. The risk of bias was graded for each domain as high, low, or unclear. For incomplete outcome data in individual studies, we stipulated a low risk of bias for a loss to follow-up of less than 10% and a difference of less than 5% in missing data between the intervention/exposure and control groups