Table 3 Quality assessment of adult studies
Authors | Risk of Bias | Reference test | Flow/timing | Applicability | Index test | Reference test | Total quality | Applicability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient selection | Index test | Patient selection | |||||||
Cheng L (2015) (Additional file 3) | At risk | At risk | At risk | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Chien et al. [4] | At risk | At risk | At risk | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Chien et al. [4] | At risk | Low | At risk | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Fang M (2013) (Additional file 3) | At risk | At risk | At risk | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Fang M (2010) (Additional file 3) | At risk | At risk | At risk | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Farghaly S (2015) (Additional file 3) | At risk | At risk | At risk | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Haji K (2018) (Additional file 3) | At risk | At risk | At risk | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Hersh D (2004) (Additional file 3) | At risk | At risk | At risk | At risk | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Konomi I (2016) (Additional file 3) | Low | At risk | Low | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Lara TM (2013) (Additional file 3) | Low | At risk | At risk | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Luo L (2017) (Additional file 3) | At risk | At risk | At risk | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Ma G (2013) (Additional file 3) | Low | Low | Low | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Maraghi SE (2014) (Additional file 3) | Low | At risk | At risk | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Martini A (2011) (Additional file 3) | At risk | At risk | At risk | At risk | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Mekontso Dessap et al. [5] | Low | At risk | Low | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Ouanes-Besbes L (2012) (Additional file 3) | Low | At risk | At risk | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Soummer A (2012) (Additional file 3) | Low | Low | Low | Low | No | No | No | Low | No concerns |
Wang YT (2016) (Additional file 3) | Low | At risk | At risk | At risk | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Zapata et al. [11] | At risk | At risk | Low | Low | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Flint J (2012) (Additional file 3) | At risk | At risk | Low | At risk | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |
Zhang Q (2014) (Additional file 3) | At risk | At risk | Low | At risk | No | No | No | At risk | No concerns |