Table 3 Evaluation of the included studies with quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies-2
Author/year | Risk of bias | Applicability concerns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | Flow and timing | Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | |
Fisher/1992 [23] | Unclear | Low | High | High | Low | Unclear | High |
Marik/1996 [28] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Miller/1996 [21] | Low | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Engoren/1999 [29] | Unclear | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
Sandhu/2000 [30] | Low | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
De Bast/2002 [12] | Low | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Jaber/2003 [13] | Unclear | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Maury/2004 [31] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Erginel/2005 [32] | Low | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
Kriner/2005 [33] | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Cheng/2006 [34] | Low | Low | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
Chung/2006 [22] | High | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Lim/2006 [35] | Low | High | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Lee/2007 [36] | Low | Low | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
Wang/2007 [37] | Low | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Shin/2008 [38] | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Unclear | Unclear |
Sukhupanyarek/2008 [39] | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Antonaglia/2010 [40] | Low | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Gros/2012 [41] | Low | High | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Keeratichananont/2012 [42] | Unclear | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Low | Unclear |
Radhi/2012 [43] | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Sutherasan/2013 [44] | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Mikaeli/2014 [49] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Patel/2015 [45] | Low | Low | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low |
El-Baradey/2016 [46] | Low | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Sahbal/2016 [47] | Low | High | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
Schnell/2017 [48] | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Samanta/2020 [50] | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear |