Review Article
Effect of Stains on LDL Reduction and Liver Safety: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 2
Quality assessment of the included studies.
| | Study | Random
sequence
generation | Allocation
concealment | Blinding of participants personnel and outcome assessors | Incomplete
outcome
data | Selective
outcome
reporting | Other
sources
of bias |
| | Keech et al. 1994 | L | L | H | L | L | L | | Salonen et al. 1995 | L | L | L | L | L | L | | Herd et al. 1997 | U | U | L | L | L | U | | Patrick et al. 2002 | U | U | L | L | L | U | | Downs et al. 1998 | U | U | L | L | L | L | | Shepherd et al. 1995 | U | U | L | L | L | L | | Pedersen et al. 1994 | L | L | L | L | L | L | | Tonkin 1998 | U | U | L | L | L | L | | Sacks et al. 1996 | L | U | L | L | L | L | | Shepherd et al. 2002 | L | L | L | L | L | L | | Armitage et al. 2009 | L | L | L | L | L | L | | Bays et al. 2004 | U | U | H | L | L | U | | Baigent et al. 2005 | U | U | L | L | L | U | | Furberg et al. 1994 | U | U | L | L | L | L | | Newman et al. 2008 | U | U | L | L | L | H | | Bradford et al. 1991 | U | U | L | L | L | U |
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L: low risk of bias; H: high risk of bias; U: unclear risk of bias.
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