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Table 2 Bias assessment of the included clinical studies

From: In vivo effectiveness and safety of probiotics on prophylaxis and treatment of oral candidiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author and publication year

Random sequence generation

Allocation concealment

Blinding of participants and personnel

Blinding of outcome assessment

Incomplete outcome data

Selective reporting

Other bias

Hatakka et al., 2007 [25]

Low risk

Uncertain

Low risk

Uncertain

Low risk

Low risk

Uncertain

Ishikawa et al., 2015 [27]

Uncertain

Uncertain

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Kraft-Bodi et al., 2015 [26]

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Uncertain

Low risk

Low risk

Miyazima et al., 2017 [30]

Uncertain

Uncertain

Low risk

Uncertain

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Li et al., 2014 [31]

Low risk

Uncertain

High risk

High risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Mishra et al., 2016 [32]

Uncertain

Uncertain

Low risk

Uncertain

Low risk

Low risk

Uncertain