Meta-Analysis
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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2013; 19(45): 8427-8434
Published online Dec 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i45.8427
Table 2 Quality assessment tool for diagnostic accuracy systematic review of quality criteria of included studies
Ayuso et al[9]Limanond et al[11]Kim et al[23]An et al[12]Sirvanci et al[25]Song et al[26]Basaran et al[19]Kashyap et al[22]Artioli et al[27]Kim et al[24]Hsu et al[21]Chiang et al[20]
Patient spectrum representativeYesNAYesYesNAYesYesYesNAYesNANA
Selection criteria describedYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Reference standard appropriateYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Time between tests appropriateYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Uniform verification by reference standardYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Same reference test usedYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Reference standard independentYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Reference standard described adequatelyYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Blinding to reference standard resultsNAYesNAYesYesNANAYesNAYesYesYes
Blinding to index test resultsNAYesNAYesYesNANAYesNAYesYesYes
Appropriate clinical data availableYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Uninterpretable data reportedYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Withdrawals explainedYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
No. of criteria met out of 14121313141312121411141313