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Table 3 Critical appraisal (see Table 2 for the legend)

		Relevance		Validity
	Study design	Domain	Outcome	Transparency of methodology	Characteristics of population	Minimal selection bias	Outcome assessment	Lost to follow-up	Missing data	Standardization of conduction	Risk of Bias
Hildebrand (1996) [32]	RCS	+	+	+	-	-	-	+	NA	-	-
Heffernan (2000) [33]	RCS	+	+	-	-	+	±	+	-	-	±
Kennedy (2003) [34]	RCS	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	NA	-	-
Berry (2004) [35]	RCS	+	+	+	+	±	±	-	-	+	-
Van Tetering (2004) [7]	RCT	+	+	+	-	±	+	±	-	+	±
Westphal (2004) [8]	RCS	+	+	+	+	±	+	+	-	-	±
Herscovici (2005) [36]	RCS	±	+	+	+	±	-	±	-	+	-
Allmacher (2006) [27]	RCS	+	+	+	-	±	±	-	-	-	-
Robb (2007) [37]	RCS	+	+	+	-	-	+	±	-	+	-
Johal (2009) [38]	RCT	+	+	+	-	+	+	±	-	-	±
Rubino (2009) [28]	RCS	+	+	+	-	±	-	-	-	+	-
Wee (2009) [39]	PCS	+	+	+	+	±	-	-	+	-	-
DeWall (2010) [40]	RCS	+	+	+	-	+	±	-	-	-	-
Kinner (2010) [41]	PCSS	+	+	+	+	±	+	NR	-	+	±
Makki (2010) [6]	RCS	+	+	+	+	±	±	+	-	+	±
Hirschmüller (2011) [42]	RCS	±	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-
Tomesen (2011) [43]	RCS	+	+	+	+	±	-	±	-	+	-
Woon (2011) [44]	PCS	+	+	+	-	±	-	NR	-	-	-
Beltran (2012) [45]	RCS	+	+	+	-	±	±	+	-	-	±
Brunner (2012) [46]	RCS	+	+	+	-	±	+	±	-	+	±
Ågren (2013) [47]	RCT	+	+	+	-	±	±	-	-	+	-
De Groot (2013) [48]	RCS	+	+	+	-	±	+	-	-	+	±
Demiralp (2013) [49]	RCS	±	+	+	-	-	-	NR	-	+	-
Kline (2013) [50]	RCS	+	+	+	-	±	-	-	-	+	-
Rammelt (2013) [51]	RCS	+	+	+	-	+	±	-	-	-	-
Tornetta (2013)[52]	PCS	±	+	+	-	-	±	NR	-	-	-
Buckley (2014) [53]	RCT	+	+	+	±	±	±	±	-	+	±
Chen (2014) [54]	RCS	+	+	+	±	±	-	NR	-	+	-
De Boer (2014) [55]	RCS	+	+	+	+	±	±	-	+	+	±
Griffin (2014) [56]	RCT	+	+	+	+	±	±	±	+	+	±
Persson (2014) [57]	RCS	±	+	+	+	±	±	-	-	+	-
Sanders (2014) [58]	PCS	+	+	+	+	±	±	-	+	+	±

RCT randomized controlled trial, PCS prospective cohort study, PCSS prospective cross sectional study, RCS retrospective cohort study, NA not applicable, NR not reported

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