Review Article

Ginkgo biloba Extract for Patients with Early Diabetic Nephropathy: A Systematic Review

Table 4

Methodological quality of analysed studies.

Author, yearRandom sequence
generation
Allocation
concealment
Blinding Incomplete outcome
data
Selective
reporting
Other bias

Chen, 2010
[15]
UnclearUnclearHigh riskUnclearUnclearUnclear
Chu, 2010 [16]Low riskLow riskHigh riskUnclearLow riskUnclear
Han, 2008 [17]UnclearUnclearHigh riskUnclearUnclearUnclear
Huang et al., 2006 [18]Low riskLow riskHigh riskHigh riskLow riskUnclear
Li and Han, 2010 [19]UnclearUnclearHigh riskUnclearUnclearUnclear
Li et al., 2007 [20]Low riskUnclearHigh riskUnclearUnclearUnclear
P. Y. Lu, 2005 [21]UnclearUnclearHigh riskUnclearUnclearUnclear
J. Lu, 2005 [22]Low riskLow riskHigh riskLow riskLow riskUnclear
Qiu, 2006 [23]Low riskLow riskHigh riskLow riskLow riskUnclear
Quan, 2003 [24]UnclearUnclearHigh riskUnclearUnclearUnclear
Tian, 2009 [25]UnclearUnclearHigh riskUnclearUnclearUnclear
Wang, 2005 [26]UnclearUnclearHigh riskUnclearUnclearUnclear
Wang, 2004 [27]UnclearUnclearHigh riskUnclearUnclearUnclear
Zhang, 2009 [28]Low riskUnclearHigh riskLow riskUnclearUnclear
Zhang, 2007 [29]UnclearUnclearHigh riskUnclearUnclearUnclear
Zhang et al., 2006 [30]UnclearUnclearHigh riskUnclearUnclearUnclear