Review Article

Prophylactic Therapy of Silymarin (Milk Thistle) on Antituberculosis Drug-Induced Liver Injury: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 2

Risk of bias assessment in the studies included for meta-analysis.

StudyRandom sequence generation 
(selection bias)
Allocatrion concealment 
(selection bias)
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)Blinding of outcome assessment 
(detection bias)
Incomplete outcome data(attrition bias)Selective reporting 
(reporting bias)
Other types of bias

Luangchosiri et al. 2015 [19]LLLLLLU
Marjani et al. 2016 [20]UULLLLU
Zhang et al. 2016 [21]LHHHLLU
Gu et al. 2015 [42]UHHHLLU
Heo et al. 2017 [43]LLLLLLU

Criteria defined for quality assessment are based on the Cochrane guidelines.
H: high risk of bias; L: low risk of bias; U: unclear risk of bias.