Effectiveness of Cherries in Reducing Uric Acid and Gout: A Systematic Review

Table 2

Methodological quality assessment of the included studies.

Author	Year	Allocation generation	Allocation concealment	Double blinding	Follow-up duration	Loss to follow-up (%)	Data analysis	Other bias
Jacob et al. [9]	2003	Screened for good health by a medical history	Adequate	Unclear	1.5, 3, and 5 hours	0	ITT
Schlesinger et al. [10]	2012	Patients with MSU crystal-proven gout were considered in this study	Adequate	Blinded participants	4 months	22	PP
Zhang et al. [12]	2012	Internet survey	Adequate	No	3, 6, 9, and 12 months of follow-up	0	ITT
Bell et al. [13]	2014	Volunteers	Unclear	Single blind	1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 24, 26, and 48 hours	0	ITT
Singh et al. [14]	2015	A brief anonymous internet survey on a voluntary basis	Adequate	No	1 month	4	PP
Martin and Coles [11]	2019	Through the use of handbills, word-of-mouth notification, and poster displays	Adequate	Blinded participant	4 weeks	0	ITT

ITT: intention-to-treat; PP: per protocol.